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CVE-2012-4454

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Description

openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78797

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28878345

http://secunia.com/advisories/50702

http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30

http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-10

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0053

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