CVE-2012-0945 Privilege escalation in whoopsie-daisy
Medium 4.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0945 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-0945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in whoopsie-daisy, published on 15 Jan 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: whoopsie-daisy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0945/index.md)
A local attacker with root privileges can delete arbitrary files, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0945?
CVE-2012-0945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in whoopsie-daisy, published on 15 Jan 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
whoopsie-daisy before 0.1.26: Root user can remove arbitrary files
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0945?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Whoopsie-Daisy Project Whoopsie-Daisy.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-0945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p956-qpc7-c8hp.