What is CVE-2012-4480?

CVE-2012-4480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mom, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2012-4480?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mom

CVE-2012-4480

mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-12-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% 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

Mom — versions through 2012-10-05
Ovirt Mom
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 17, 18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4480 (Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090188.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089658.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79190 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4480?: CVE-2012-4480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mom, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2012-4480?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.