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CVE-2012-4064· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated use

Eucalyptus before 3.1.1 does not properly restrict the binding of external SOAP web-services messages, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a message to (1) Cloud Controller or (2) Walrus with the internal message format and a modified user id.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 1, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.2% · 66th percentile
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Action score

26

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
eucalyptuseucalyptus

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • eucalyptus eucalyptusup to 3.1.0 inclusive
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.0
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.1
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.2
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.3
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.4
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.5.1
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.5.2
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.6
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus1.6.2
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus2.0
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus2.0.0
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus2.0.1
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus2.0.2
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus2.0.3
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus3.0
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus3.0.1
  • eucalyptus eucalyptus3.1.1

Same product

eucalyptus: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-4767Unspecified vulnerability in Eucalyptus before 3.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2016-8528A Remote Escalation of Privilege vulnerability in HPE Helion Eucalyptus version 3.3.0 through 4.3.1 was found.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2016-8520HPE Helion Eucalyptus v4.3.0 and earlier does not correctly check IAM user's permissions for accessing versioned objects and ACLs.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2012-3240The Walrus service in Eucalyptus 2.0.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a crafted REST re
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2010-3905The password reset feature in the administrator interface for Eucalyptus 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 does not perform authentication, which allows remot
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2015-6861HPE Helion Eucalyptus 3.4.0 through 4.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass an intended AssumeRole permission requirement and assu
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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