CVE-2012-4455
openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opencryptoki project/opencryptoki
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% 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.
References
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5667edb52cd27b7e512f48f823b4bcc6b872ab15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50702Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29191022
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78943
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5667edb52cd27b7e512f48f823b4bcc6b872ab15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50702Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29191022
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78943
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.