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CVE-2012-4454
openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a…
Low2.9EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 50 days later
· 50 days 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 | Low2.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% 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 2.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20120909 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120924 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 50702 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120927 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [Opencryptoki-tech] 20120223 opencryptoki version 2.4.1 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120920 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- opencryptoki-mutliple-symlink(78797) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120906 CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120907 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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