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CVE-2012-3537

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.59% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-09-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2012-3537
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.59%

Original NVD Description

The Crowbar Ohai plugin (chef/cookbooks/ohai/files/default/plugins/crowbar.rb) in the Deployer Barclamp in Crowbar, possibly 1.4 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via vectors related to "insecure handling of tmp files" and predictable file names.