CVE-2012-3457

PNP4Nagios 0.6 through 0.6.16 uses world-readable permissions for process_perfdata.cfg, which allows local users to obtain the Gearman shared secret by reading the file.

Published: 2012-08-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3457 is rated Low Risk (17.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3457

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 0.05% 0.34% +0.29%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3457

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3457

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3457

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2012-3457 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pnp4nagios), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 11, ignored 8, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3457

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3457

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pnp4nagios pnp4nagios 0.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3457

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