CVE-2012-4455

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

Ranks above 28.9% 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.

Published

2012-10-10 18:00Z13 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-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
• CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0d93e2772f1ac33c139168d5c4316f6a473abe0bc559910ec346fe68f748dadc

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120909 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120924 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com50702http://secunia.com/advisories/50702third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com55627http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120927 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopencryptoki-file-symlink(78943)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78943vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120920 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636x_refsource_MISC
• sourceforge.net[Opencryptoki-tech] 20120427 opencryptoki release 2.4.2http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29191022mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.nethttp://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5667edb52cd27b7e512f48f823b4bcc6b872ab15x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120906 CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120907 Re: CVE request: opencryptoki insecure lock files handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST