CVE-2012-6140
Estado: ModificadaBaja (1.9)—
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 1.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.23%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 13
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-200
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
- https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
- https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
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