CVE-2012-1093

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-1093
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-21T19:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-02-25T17:15:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:debian:x11-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1\:7.6\+12
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1093
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1093
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:21:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:41:09 2020-02-21T19:15Z 2020-02-21T19:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 11:41:09 2021-02-25T17:15:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 11:41:09 Modified Vulnerability Status updated