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CVE-2012-4480
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
High7.8EPSS 0.35%
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
mom creates world-writable pid files in /var/run
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- creates world-writable pid file
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
mom · mom
- affected through 2012-10-05
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090188.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089658.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79190 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .