CVE-2012-3360
OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
CVE-2012-3360- CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
CVE-2012-3360- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0021 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
EUVD-2012-0021- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh No score
OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
CVE-2012-3360- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3360 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3360- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh No score
OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2012-38 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
- Record
PYSEC-2012-38- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-3360 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openstack Essex, published July 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.02%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in nova 12.0.0a0.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/54277
secunia.com/advisories/49763
bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
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github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3360
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3360