CVE-2012-6140

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.

References

https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS