CVE-2012-3447
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0018)
- Published
- August 20, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0018 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / folsom
- openstack / nova
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368(Exploit, Patch)
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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