Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3538 is rated Low Risk (29.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 0.19% | 0.64% | +0.45% |
| 2 | 2025-06-05 | 0.08% | 0.19% | +0.11% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.08% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 2.0 | LOW |
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6.5 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3538 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | cloudforms | <= 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |