Critical severity · published Feb 13, 2013
CVE-2012-3363
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files…
9.1
CVSS
49.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)49.3% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
17; 18 · source: NVD
ZF
Zend Framework · Zend
1.0.0 before 1.11.12; 1.12.0; 1.12.0; 1.12.0; 1.12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3363
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3363
Vendor Advisory
http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2
Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505
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