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CVE-2012-5474

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5474 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.0 and RHOS Essex Release (specifically the python-django-horizon package before 2012.1.1) where the /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings file is world-readable, exposing the secret key. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or community discussion has been identified for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2012.1, < 2012.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092841.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-5474
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5474
Third Party Advisory