CVE-2012-2760
mod_auth_openid before 0.7 for Apache uses world-readable permissions for /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db, which allows local users to obtain session ids.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 1.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
mod_auth_openid before 0.7 for Apache uses world-readable permissions for /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db, which allows local users to obtain session ids.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- findingscience/mod auth openid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-05/0235.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112991/Mod_Auth_OpenID-Session-Stealing.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49247Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18917
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:114
- http://www.osvdb.org/82139
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53661
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75813
- https://github.com/bmuller/mod_auth_openid/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/bmuller/mod_auth_openid/pull/30
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-05/0235.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112991/Mod_Auth_OpenID-Session-Stealing.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49247Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18917
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:114
- http://www.osvdb.org/82139
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53661
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75813
- https://github.com/bmuller/mod_auth_openid/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/bmuller/mod_auth_openid/pull/30
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.