CVE-2012-4064

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a message to (1) Cloud Controller or (2) Walrus with the internal message format and a modified user id.

Published: 2012-10-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4064 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4064

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 2025-03-17 0.23% 0.36% +0.13%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.23% -0.83%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.05% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4064

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4064

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4064

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4064 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (eucalyptus), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 11, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4064

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4064

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eucalyptus eucalyptus <= 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eucalyptus eucalyptus 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4064

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