CVE-2012-5605
Grinder: red hat cloudforms: grinder in red hat cloudforms: local users can modify cache files via world-writable permissions
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the `/var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/` directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:0.7.8.1-1.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:0.66.1-2.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:0.0.150-1.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.12-22.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.2-1.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.8-1.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.8-12.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.5-2.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.9-12.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.1-2.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:1.1.14-1.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:2.1.5-4.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:0.0.11-3.el6cf – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5
- unaffected 0:0.66.1-2.el5 – < *
Red Hat · CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5
- unaffected 0:1.1.2-1.el5 – < *
References (9)
- http://osvdb.org/88141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1543.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51472 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828447 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882138 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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