CVE-2012-2679
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
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% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2661)
- Published
- October 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2661 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / rhncfg
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50978(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55934
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027661
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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