CVE-2012-5628 : gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/wat

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries.

Published 2018-05-04 20:29:00

Updated 2018-06-07 17:19:53

Source Red Hat, Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2012-5628

Gofer Project » Gofer » Version: 0.68
cpe:2.3:a:gofer_project:gofer:0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5628

EPSS FAQ

0.04%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 6 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-5628

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
3.6	LOW	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P	3.9	4.9	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
4.4	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L	1.8	2.5	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: Low Availability: Low

CWE ids for CVE-2012-5628

CWE-275

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2012-5628

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884854

884854 – (CVE-2012-5628) CVE-2012-5628 gofer: /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog is world writable
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