CVE-2012-6140 (GCVE-0-2012-6140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-04-24 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:28
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Summary
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.
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