CVE-2012-4501

Description

Citrix Cloud.com CloudStack, and Apache CloudStack pre-release, allows remote attackers to make arbitrary API calls by leveraging the system user account, as demonstrated by API calls to delete VMs.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.73% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory cloudstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://markmail.org/thread/yfuxgymdqwg3kcg4 mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0062.html mailing list
http://cloudstack.org/blog/185-cloudstack-configuration-vulnerability-discovered.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4501?
CVE-2012-4501 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4501?
To fix CVE-2012-4501, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-4501 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-4501 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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