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CVE-2012-4430

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4430 describes an access control vulnerability in Bacula versions prior to 5.2.11, specifically within the dump_resource function. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass ACL rules and access sensitive resource dump information. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it is considered a medium-severity issue, requiring authentication and having a low attack complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bacula:bacula:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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: bacula

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4430Low

bacula: Improper ACL rules enforcement by dumping resources

Sep 13, 2012

References

secunia.com / advisories/50535
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50808
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / projects/bacula/files/bacula/5.2.12/ReleaseNotes/view
Third Party Advisory
bacula.org / en
Vendor Advisory
bacula.org / git/cgit.cgi/bacula/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2558
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/15/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55505
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry