01 Record
CVE-2012-1187
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
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
- 1.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2019-10-29 13:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-02-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-273Improper Check for Dropped PrivilegesBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 892684c9dadafb5800cc6a2c314af9a1861a5fa50a71f62f514df4eb5e70df06
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1187
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1187
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1187
- bugs.bitlbee.orghttps://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/852
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bitlbee Fixed in 3.0.4+bzr855-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bitlbee Fixed in 3.0.4+bzr855-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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