CVE-2012-3449
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3411)
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3411 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openvswitch / openvswitch
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683665
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/02/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54789
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54794
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845350
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77417
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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