Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3449

Title: Openvswitch

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3449.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Aug 07, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3449: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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openvswitch 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3449 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.