CVE-2012-6639 describes a privilege elevation vulnerability in Cloud-init versions prior to 0.7.0, impacting various Canonical, Debian, and SUSE Linux distributions. This flaw arises when Cloud-init processes EC2 instance data from untrusted systems, potentially allowing an attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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