CVE-2012-4454
LOW · CVSS 2.9EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (67th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4385)
- Published
- October 10, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4385 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
- opencryptoki project / opencryptoki
References
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9
- http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50702(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28878345
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78797
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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