CVE-2012-3538 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 3.3 Published Updated

Local attackers can read administrative passwords from world-readable logs in Red Hat CloudForms, enabling privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-3538?

CVE-2012-3538 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3538?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Cloudforms.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-3538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c3vm-p8x5-j8qp.

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