CVE-2012-4553
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and possibly re-install Drupal and execute arbitrary PHP code via an external database server, related to "transient conditions."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
References
- http://drupal.org/node/1815904
- http://drupal.org/node/1815912
- http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5
- http://drupal.org/node/1815904
- http://drupal.org/node/1815912
- http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.