VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-4480
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- ovirt/mom · fedoraproject/fedora
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089658.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090188.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4480Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4480Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089658.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090188.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4480Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4480Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.