CVE-2012-4453
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
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-276
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4384)
- Published
- October 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4384 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dracut project / dracut
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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