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CVE-2011-4578 Detail

Description

event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/29/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4578
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/04/2013