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CVE-2012-4455

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Date: October 10, 2012

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/.

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Related Resources (17)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4455
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4455
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29191022
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4455
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-4455
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/50702
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78943
http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5667edb52cd27b7e512f48f823b4bcc6b872ab15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6
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
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4455

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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