VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2737
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files…
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- ray stode/accountsservice
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5Exploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543dExploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
- http://osvdb.org/83398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49695Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49759Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5Exploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543dExploit, Patch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
- http://osvdb.org/83398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49695Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49759Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.