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CVE-2012-3361

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 2.58% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-07-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2012-3361
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
2.58%

Original NVD Description

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.