VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-4442
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging a race condition in a file-permission…
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging a race condition in a file-permission check.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- monkey-project/monkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688007
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688879
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/3
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688007
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688879
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/3
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.