Vulnerability in Dracut Project
CVE-2012-4453
dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dracut Project
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 16, 17
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)