CVE-2012-4442 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 5 Oct 2012 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local attackers can bypass file-read restrictions via a race condition in Monkey HTTP Daemon by leveraging retained root supplementary group IDs.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-4442?

CVE-2012-4442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging a race condition in a file-permission check.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4442?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Monkey-Project Monkey.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-4442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g9q3-fr3w-j4gq.