CVE-2012-4501

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4501
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-26 10:39:16 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCitrix 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cloudstack - prerelease All All
Application Citrix Cloudstack - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0062.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
[CVE-2012-4501] CloudStack security announcement - John Kinsella - org.apache.incubator.cloudstack-dev - MarkMail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 markmail.org
Apache CloudStack: Open Source Cloud Computing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cloudstack.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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