CVE-2011-4578 (GCVE-0-2011-4578)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0b… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2011-07-30 00:00
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