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CVE-2012-2737

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does n

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.

LOW · CVSS 1.9 EPSS 0.00071
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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ray stode accountsservice<= 0.6.21
ray stode accountsserviceall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
poccgit.freedesktop.org · ?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5cgit.freedesktop.org
poccgit.freedesktop.org · ?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543dcgit.freedesktop.org
poccgit.freedesktop.org · ?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721cgit.freedesktop.org
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Scoring & Timeline

1.9
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD22 Jul 2012 · 05:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10244-1
usnUSN-1485-1
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References & Sources

11
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
http://osvdb.org/83398
http://secunia.com/advisories/49695Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49759Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
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