Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4406

RCE

Title: Redhat Gluster Storage Server For On-Premise RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4406.

CWE Category CWE-502
Published Date Oct 22, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4406: OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.

Impacted Vendors

O
openstack 1
A
apple 1
S
storage_project 1
R
redhat 4

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4406 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 NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.