CVE-2012-4480 Privilege escalation in mom
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4480 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-4480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 2 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4480 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2012-4480/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4480/index.md)
The MoM daemon creates world-writable PID files, allowing local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by manipulating these files.
- 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-2012-4480?
CVE-2012-4480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 2 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4480?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ovirt Mom.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4480?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-4480 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4480 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gf3x-6x8j-89fm.