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CVE-2012-5476

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5476 describes a vulnerability in the OpenStack dashboard package (RHOS Essex Preview 2012.2) where the /etc/quantum/quantum.conf file is world-readable, exposing the admin password and token. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but allows for high confidentiality impact by revealing sensitive credentials. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 87th 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

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-5476
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5476
Third Party Advisory