CVE-2012-2737 (GCVE-0-2012-2737)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-22 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI?
Summary
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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