CVE-2012-3359: redhat enterprise_linux Credentials Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-3359 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in redhat enterprise_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 3.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 30-03-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
27%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.34% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat5 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL5
- conga< 0:0.12.2-64.el5
- conga-debuginfo< 0:0.12.2-64.el5
- luci< 0:0.12.2-64.el5
- ricci< 0:0.12.2-64.el5
1 vendor · 5 products
