CVE-2012-0427
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
yast2-add-on-creator in SUSE inst-source-utils 2008.11.26 before 2008.11.26-0.9.1 and 2012.9.13 before 2012.9.13-0.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) file name or (2) directory name.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
References
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=tGCXHQR48E4~
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604730
- https://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0427.html
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=tGCXHQR48E4~
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604730
- https://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0427.html
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.