CVE-2012-3240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Walrus service in Eucalyptus 2.0.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a crafted REST request.

Published: 2012-07-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:2.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eucalyptus:eucalyptus:3.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-3218	The Walrus service in Eucalyptus 2.0.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a crafted REST request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00519.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/49912
http://secunia.com/advisories/49916
http://www.eucalyptus.com/eucalyptus-cloud/security/esa-03

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Eucalyptus Eucalyptus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-07-17T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:57:50.213Z

Reserved: 2012-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3240

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-17T21:55:01.460

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3240

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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