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CVE-2012-4455

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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/.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78943

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=29191022

http://secunia.com/advisories/50702

http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5667edb52cd27b7e512f48f823b4bcc6b872ab15

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-10

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

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: 0.00025

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