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CVE-2012-4417

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

GlusterFS 3.3.0, as used in Red Hat Storage server 2.0, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Affected products

• Red Hat glusterfs: 3.3.0

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1456.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56522
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027756
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856341
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80074
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1456.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56522
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027756
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856341
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80074

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