CVE-2012-4480 (GCVE-0-2012-4480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-02 17:44 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- creates world-writable pid file
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4480 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | x_refsource_MISC |
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