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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 not properly check…
Low1.9EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 54223 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1485-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 49759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 83398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- accountsservice-userchangeicon-info-disc(76648) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120628 accountsservice local file disclosure flaw (CVE-2012-2737) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-10120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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