# CVE-2012-3441: Missing authorization in n/a

> Icinga's database creation script grants excessive privileges to the icinga user, allowing access to unrelated databases.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rpmx-xcm7-5crg

## What is CVE-2012-3441?

CVE-2012-3441 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The database creation script (module/idoutils/db/scripts/create_mysqldb.sh) in Icinga 1.7.1 grants access to all databases to the icinga user, which allows icinga users to access other databases via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3441?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Icinga Icinga.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-48057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48057/): Icinga 2 certificate renewal might incorrectly renew an invalid certificate (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2020-29663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29663/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-24820](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24820/): Icinga Director configuration is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2018-6535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6535/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-14004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14004/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3441 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3441/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.