GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3447 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.92% | 1.93% | +1.01% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.57% | 0.92% | -0.64% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.57% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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6.8 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2012-3447 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3447 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-3447 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 2, released 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3447 |