Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-2055
Potential exploit
GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.
Products affected by CVE-2012-2055
- cpe:2.3:a:github:github:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2055
1.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 76 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-2055
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
10.0
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2.9
|
NIST | |
|
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
3.9
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-01-21 |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-2055
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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The product does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-managed code resources such as variables, objects, classes, attributes, functions, or executable instructions or statements.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-2055
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812
GitHub Enterprise hash security bypass CVE-2012-2055 Vulnerability ReportThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation
Public Key Security Vulnerability and Mitigation - The GitHub BlogVendor Advisory
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http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/
GitHub incidents spawns Rails security debate [LWN.net]Third Party Advisory
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http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html
Egor Homakov: Hacking rails/rails repoIssue Tracking
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