CVE-2012-4453
dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to
02 Description
dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to
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
- 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
- 2012-10-09 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c20a58787513e4f6776e56fd715775279ddd2a79dbadc55ffd651db015eb6a6
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1674http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448
- www.securityfocus.com55713http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120927 Re: dracut creates non-world readable initramfs imageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdracut-initramfs-information-disclosure(79258)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120927 Re: dracut creates world readable initramfs imageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120927 dracut creates non-world readable initramfs imageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dracut Fixed in 020-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dracut Fixed in 020-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dracut Fixed in 020-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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