CVE-2012-0878
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0025)
- Published
- May 1, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0025 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pythonpaste / paste
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48812
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50410
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/4
- https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4(Patch)
- https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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