Description
openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.
Published: 2012-10-10
Score: 2.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4385 openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.
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Opencryptoki Project Opencryptoki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.682Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4454

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-10T18:55:04.440

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4454

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4454 - Bugzilla

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