CVE-2012-3478

rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.

Published: 2012-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3478 is rated Low Risk (15/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 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-2012-3478

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 2025-06-28 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3478

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3478

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3478

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2012-3478: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-19), 1 atom(s) (app-shells/rssh); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-3478
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3478 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rssh), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, ignored 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3478

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3478

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pizzashack rssh <= 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pizzashack rssh 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:pizzashack:rssh:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3478

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