Privilege escalation in Cloud-Init
CVE-2012-6639
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.020 (79.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cloud-init — versions before 0.7.0
- Canonical Cloud-init
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6639?
- CVE-2012-6639 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud-Init, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-25.
- How severe is CVE-2012-6639?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.