CVE-2012-4462

aviary/jobcontrol.py in Condor, as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3, when removing a job, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (condor_schedd restart) via square brackets in the cproc option.

Published: 2013-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4462 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.27%). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4462

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 0.69% 2.27% +1.58%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.69% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4462

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4462

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4462

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-4462 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (condor), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4462
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4462

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4462

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
condor_project condor 7.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4462

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