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CVE-2012-2679
Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for…
Low2.1EPSS 0.39%
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Description
Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50978 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55934 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1027661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- netconfclient-rhncfgactions-info-disclosure(79260) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .