CVE-2012-3361

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Base score: 5.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.60%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 85
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Openstack — Diablo Openstack — Essex Openstack — Folsom

CWEs

CWE-264

References

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