CVE-2012-1093
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.57%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 45
- 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 (2)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093
- http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093
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