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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4454

Published: Oct 10, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.9 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.2 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4454
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project*2.4 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.4.1 (including)2.2.4.1 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.5 (including)2.2.5 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.6 (including)2.2.6 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.7 (including)2.2.7 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.2.8 (including)2.2.8 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
OpencryptokiOpencryptoki_project2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
OpencryptokiUbuntuartful*
OpencryptokiUbuntuhardy*
OpencryptokiUbuntulucid*
OpencryptokiUbuntunatty*
OpencryptokiUbuntuoneiric*
OpencryptokiUbuntuprecise*
OpencryptokiUbuntuquantal*
OpencryptokiUbunturaring*
OpencryptokiUbuntusaucy*
OpencryptokiUbuntutrusty*
OpencryptokiUbuntuupstream*
OpencryptokiUbuntuutopic*
OpencryptokiUbuntuvivid*
OpencryptokiUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
OpencryptokiUbuntuwily*
OpencryptokiUbuntuyakkety*
OpencryptokiUbuntuzesty*

References

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