CVE-2012-6639
Amazon EC2 Cloud-init Privilege Elevation Vulnerability
Description
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 25, 2019, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 18, 2020, 3:05 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-6639
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-6639.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-6639 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 18, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references No Types Assigned https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.7.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-6639 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-6639
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.60 }} -0.26%
score
0.78982
percentile