CVE-2012-3447

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 20, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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