CVE-2012-6119

Candlepin before 0.7.24, as used in Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1, does not properly check manifest signatures, which allows local users to modify manifests.

Published: 2013-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6119 is rated Low Risk (13.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 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-2012-6119

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 2025-03-31 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2023-02-13 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6119

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-2012-6119

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6119

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6119

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6119

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
candlepinproject candlepin <= 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
candlepinproject candlepin 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
candlepinproject candlepin 0.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
candlepinproject candlepin 0.4.27 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
candlepinproject candlepin 0.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
candlepinproject candlepin 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat subscription_asset_manager <= 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat subscription_asset_manager 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat subscription_asset_manager 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6119

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