CVE-2012-5635

GlusterFS: insecure temporary file creation

Severity Score

2.1

*CVSS v2

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

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.1

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
2013-03-29 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE 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