CVE-2012-3537
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The Crowbar Ohai plugin (chef/cookbooks/ohai/files/default/plugins/crowbar.rb) in the Deployer Barclamp in Crowbar, possibly 1.4 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via vectors related to "insecure handling of tmp files" and predictable file names.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (48th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3487)
- Published
- September 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3487 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dell / crowbar
References
- http://osvdb.org/84955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50442(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55240
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=774967
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78041
- https://github.com/SUSE-Cloud/barclamp-deployer/commit/5ea8d4ddaa4cb1ce834d36889f0fe7ac0d617bc8(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/SUSE-Cloud/barclamp-deployer/commit/b6454268a067fc77ff5de82057b5b53b3cc38b87(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/dellcloudedge/barclamp-deployer/pull/57
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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