01 Record
CVE-2012-3478
rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-31 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27324d5e0b23b86636c31c9d8e8eabc9a0e89038271f807b9f6086604180b6e9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20120508 rssh security announcementhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0036.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121127 Re: rssh: incorrect filtering of command line optionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120810 Re: CVE Request: rssh command-line parsing vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/11/3
- www.debian.orgDSA-2530http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2530
- secunia.com50272http://secunia.com/advisories/50272
- www.securityfocus.com53430http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53430
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120810 CVE Request: rssh command-line parsing vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/10/7
- sourceforge.net[rssh-discuss] 20120508 Re: rssh security announcementhttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29235647
- archives.neohapsis.com20121127 Re: rssh security announcementhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0101.html