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CVE-2012-4442

Published: Oct 05, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4442
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging a race condition in a file-permission check.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MonkeyMonkey-project0.9.3 (including)0.9.3 (including)
MonkeyUbuntulucid*
MonkeyUbuntunatty*
MonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
MonkeyUbuntuprecise*

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