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CVE-2012-5644

libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.41% probability · 35th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
libuser project/libuser · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.41%26 October 202626 October 2026

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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.