Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3447

Title: Openstack Nova

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3447.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Aug 20, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3447: 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.

Impacted Vendors

openstack 2

panic 1

Reference Links

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 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368 https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/ 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 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368 https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3447 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 20, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.