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CVE-2012-3447

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3447 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3. It allows authenticated remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack within a crafted image, leveraging a symlink readable only by root. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 12.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924hhigh

Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova

May 17, 2022

References

bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1031311
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/77539
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
ExploitPatch
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
ExploitPatch
review.openstack.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
securityfocus.com / bid/54869