Is CVE-2012-3538 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3538 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3538?

CVE-2012-3538 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

CVE-2012-3538

LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.3 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-255
EPSS score: 0.6% (51th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3488)
Published: January 4, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3488 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

redhat / cloudforms

References

http://osvdb.org/88139
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1543.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51472(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56819
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80547

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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