The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
Published 2012-06-29 19:55:04
Updated 2017-08-29 01:31:39
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2664

0.40%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 70 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-2664

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2012-2664

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2012-2664

Products affected by CVE-2012-2664

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