CVE-2012-2737

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-2737
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-07-22T17:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:31:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.6.21
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ray_stode:accountsservice:0.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49695 Vendor Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5 Exploit Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d Exploit Patch
http://osvdb.org/83398
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721 Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
http://secunia.com/advisories/49759 Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2737
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2737
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:49:36 Added to TrackCVE