CVE-2012-6140
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/authenticator
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505Exploit
- https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505Exploit
- https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.