8.8

CVE-2012-3462: fedoraproject sssd Improper Authentication

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-3462DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3462
Published 26-12-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3462 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in fedoraproject sssd. EPSS estimates a 1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
46/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 26-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD version 1.9.0. The SSSD's access-provider logic causes the result of the HBAC rule processing to be ignored in the event that the access-provider is also handling the setup of the user's SELinux user context.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (pagure.io)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sssd< 1.10.0-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Sssd1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • sssd< 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.15 | < 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.4

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links