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CVE-2012-3538 json

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp adminis…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3488

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3538 updated cvss 4.9

katello: pulp admin password logged in plaintext in world-readable katello/production.log

  • Red Hat CloudForms System Engine for RHEL 6 Server pulp 1.1.14-1.el6cf, gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, quartz 2.1.5-4.el6cf, grinder 0.0.150-1.el6cf, katello 1.1.12-22.el6cf, candlepin 0.7.8.1-1.el6cf, +21 more Red Hat CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5 Server gofer 0.66.1-2.el5, katello-agent 1.1.2-1.el5, python-gofer 0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-package 0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-watchdog 0.66.1-2.el5 Red Hat CloudForms Tools for RHEL 6 Server gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, katello-agent 1.1.2-1.el6cf, python-gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-package 0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-watchdog 0.66.1-2.el6cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1543

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Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.