CVE-2012-3449 describes a vulnerability in Open vSwitch versions 1.4.2 and earlier, where world-writable permissions on specific directories allow local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, resulting in partial impact to integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.