CVE-2011-4578
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- tedfelix/acpid2
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984
- http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.