CVE-2012-4453

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Published 2012-10-09 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

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.

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.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
17	Affected	—
16	Affected	—

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
6.0	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`020-1.1`
sid	Fixed	`020-1.1`
forky	Fixed	`020-1.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`020-1.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`020-1.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dracut_project	dracut	`{"endExcluding":"024"}`	`024`

References

CWEs

CWE-276

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.