CVE-2012-6140

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-6140
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2013-04-24T10:28:37
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2013-05-07T04:00:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.91
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505 Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6140
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6140
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:45:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 18:23:22 2013-04-24T10:28Z 2013-04-24T10:28:37 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 18:23:22 2013-05-07T04:00:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 18:23:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated