CVE-2012-5635

GlusterFS: insecure temporary file creation

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The GlusterFS functionality in Red Hat Storage Management Console 2.0, Native Client, and Server 2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by (1) tests/volume.rc, (2) extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh, and possibly other vectors, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2012-4417.

La funcionalidad GlusterFS en Red Hat Storage Management Console v2.0, Native Client, Server 2.0 permite a usuarios locales sobreescribir archivos arbitrarios mediante un ataque de enlaces simbólicos en varios archivos temporales creados por (1) tests/volume.rc, (2) extras/hook- scripts/S30samba-stop.sh, y posiblemente otros vectores, la vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2012-4417.

Multiple insecure temporary file creation flaws were found in Red Hat Storage. A local user on the Red Hat Storage server could use these flaws to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-10-24 CVE Reserved
2013-04-09 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-377: Insecure Temporary File

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886364	2013-03-28
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5635	2013-03-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gluster Search vendor "Gluster"		Glusterfs Search vendor "Gluster" for product "Glusterfs"				-		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Storage Management Console Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Storage Management Console"				2.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Storage Management Console" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Storage Native Client Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Storage Native Client"				-		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Storage Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Storage Server"				2.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Storage Server" and version "2.0"		-		Affected