CVE-2012-6639
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.05%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 81
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-269
Referencias
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references
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