CVE-2012-6639

HIGH

cloud-init < 0.7.0 - Privilege Escalation via EC2 Instance Data Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0114
EPSS Percentile 78.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/cloud-init < 0.7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
suse/linux_enterprise_server 11 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
Published Nov 25, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026