Is CVE-2012-5635 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5635 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5635?

CVE-2012-5635 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2012-5635

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

The GlusterFS functionality in Red Hat Storage Management Console 2.0, Native Client, and Server 2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by (1) tests/volume.rc, (2) extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh, and possibly other vectors, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2012-4417.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.3% (25th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5519)
Published: April 9, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5519 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gluster / glusterfs
redhat / storage management console
redhat / storage native client
redhat / storage server

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886364(Vendor Advisory)

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

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