CVE-2012-0948
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0971)
- Published
- June 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0971 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- gnome / update-manager-core
- gnome / update-manager-core
- gnome / update-manager-core
References
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz
- http://osvdb.org/82019
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49230(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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