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CVE-2012-3462

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3462 describes a flaw in SSSD version 1.9.0, specifically impacting fedoraproject sssd. The vulnerability causes the SSSD's access-provider logic to ignore HBAC rule processing results when simultaneously handling a user's SELinux context setup. This issue carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-3462
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
pagure.io / SSSD/sssd/issue/1470
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory