CVE-2012-5535 Information disclosure in gnome-system-log

What is CVE-2012-5535?

CVE-2012-5535 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

gnome-system-log polkit policy allows arbitrary files on the system to be read

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5535?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Gnome-System-Log.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5535?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5535 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-5535 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5535 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v66x-775j-872h.