CVE-2012-4065

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass unspecified authorization checks and obtain direct access to a (1) Cloud Controller or (2) Walrus service via a crafted message, as demonstrated by changes to a volume, snapshot, or cloud configuration setting.

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-2012-4065 is rated Low Risk (24.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4065

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 0.16% 0.14% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.08% 0.16% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4065

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4065

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4065

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4065 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-2012-4065

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4065

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-2012-4065

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