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CVE-2012-2230


Cloudera Manager 3.7.x before 3.7.5 and Service and Configuration Manager 3.5, when Kerberos is not enabled, does not properly install taskcontroller.cfg, which allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary user accounts via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1574.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-2230 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from cloudera, from cloudera organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2012-04-12T10:45:14.627

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.0 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.0 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.1 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.1 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.2 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.2 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.3 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.3 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.4 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_manager 3.7.4 Yes
Application cloudera cloudera_service_and_configuration_manager 3.5 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cloudera's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.