CVE-2012-0878
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by
02 Description
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-05-01 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c65d7c3b3f362bcf6090414ecf71508890645803a44f1430f25f2a831c159ea6
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120223 CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as roothttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/1
- bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve
- secunia.com48812http://secunia.com/advisories/48812
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120223 Re: CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as roothttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/4
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1206http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html
- secunia.com50410http://secunia.com/advisories/50410
- groups.google.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471
- bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pastescript Fixed in 1.7.5-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pastescript Fixed in 1.7.5-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pastescript Fixed in 1.7.5-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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