CVE-2012-2737
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache
02 Description
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.9% 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
- 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
- 2012-07-22 17:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 52b4d439a5ed8c328f27fbf1685d5daf68c5b89bfcabe5f7ffee4ef9c2f0422b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com54223http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721
- secunia.com49695http://secunia.com/advisories/49695
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1485-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
- secunia.com49759http://secunia.com/advisories/49759
- osvdb.org83398http://osvdb.org/83398
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaccountsservice-userchangeicon-info-disc(76648)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0845https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120628 accountsservice local file disclosure flaw (CVE-2012-2737)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-10120http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- accountsservice Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- accountsservice Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- accountsservice Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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