CVE-2012-3459

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote authenticated users to modify Condor attributes and possibly gain privileges via crafted additional parameters in an HTTP POST request, which triggers a job attribute change request to Condor.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3459 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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-2012-3459

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 2025-03-30 0.45% 0.42% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.42% 0.45% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 0.42%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3459

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3459

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trevor_mckay cumin <= 0.1.5192-4 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.3160-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.3160-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4369-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4369-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4410-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4410-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4494-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4494-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4794-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4794-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4916-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4916-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5033-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5033-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5037-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5037-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5054-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5054-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5068-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5068-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5092-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5092-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5098-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5098-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5105-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5105-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-3 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-4 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5137-5 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5137-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5192-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5192-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3459

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