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CVE-2012-4518

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4518 describes a vulnerability in ibacm 1.0.7, a component of OpenFabrics ibacm, where it creates certain files with world-writable permissions. This flaw allows local users to overwrite critical files like the ib_acm daemon log or ibacm.port. With a CVSS score of 3.6, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, primarily impacting integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibacm:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 33rd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ibacm-0:1.0.8-0.git7a3adb7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ibsim-0:0.5-7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ibutils-0:1.5.7-7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: infiniband-diags-0:1.5.12-5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: infinipath-psm-0:3.0.1-115.1015_open.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libibmad-0:1.3.9-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libibumad-0:1.3.8-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libibverbs-0:1.1.6-5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libmlx4-0:1.0.4-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: librdmacm-0:1.0.17-0.git4b5c1aa.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: opensm-0:3.3.15-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rdma-0:3.6-1.el6
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4518Low

ibacm: ibacm service files created with world writable permissions (DoS)

Oct 9, 2012

References

git.openfabrics.org / git
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0509.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
securityfocus.com / bid/55890