CVE-2012-2737

AccountsService <0.6.22 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49695
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49759
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/83398
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 28.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (24)
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.4
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.5
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.1
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.2
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.3
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.4
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.5
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.6
ray_stode/accountsservice 0.6.7
... and 14 more
Published Jul 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026