Home/CVE/OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing
CVE

CVE-2012-4406

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.0471
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data
▤

Affected Products & Versions

7
openstack swift< 1.7.0
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
redhat gluster storage management consoleall versions
redhat gluster storage server for on-premiseall versions
redhat storageall versions
redhat storage for public cloudall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
▤

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI swift CRITICAL fixed in 1.7.0
◈

Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighEnable LM Hash Storage - ProcCreation
producthighProtected Storage Service Access
producthighEnable LM Hash Storage
productmediumGoogle Cloud Storage Buckets Modified or Deleted
productmediumESXi Storage Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumWrite Protect For Storage Disabled
▣

Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Oct 2012 · 11:55 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
⚑

Vendor Advisories

3
usnUSN-1887-1
rhsaRHSA-2013:0691Low
rhsaRHSA-2012:1379Important
🔗

References & Sources

11
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.htmlMailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.htmlNot Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420Broken Link
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin