CVE-2012-2314 (GCVE-0-2012-2314)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The bootloader configuration module (pyanaconda/bootloader.py) in Anaconda uses 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d, which allows local users to obtain password hashes and conduct brute force password guessing attacks.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
Date Public
2012-04-30 00:00
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