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CVE-2012-3504

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3504 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the nssconfigFound function of genkey.pl within crypto-utils 2.4.1-34, affecting Fedora Project's crypto-utils. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.6) allows an authenticated local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on the "list" file, leading to potential data integrity issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.1-34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:crypto-utils:2.4.1-34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: crypto-utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3504Low

crypto-utils: insecure temporary file usage in genkey

Oct 2, 2012

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79016
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/3
securityfocus.com / bid/55756