CVE-2012-2737

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2737
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-22 17:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.4 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.5 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.1 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.10 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.11 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.12 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.13 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.14 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.15 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.16 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.17 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.18 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.19 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.2 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.20 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.3 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.4 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.5 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.6 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.7 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.8 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice 0.6.9 All All All
Application Ray Stode Accountsservice All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
USN-1485-1: AccountsService vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
accountsservice - D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org
accountsservice - D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA49695 - accountsservice "user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb()" File Disclosure Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
AccountsService 'user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb()' Function File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: accountsservice-0.6.21-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - accountsservice local file disclosure flaw (CVE-2012-2737) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
accountsservice - D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
832532 – (CVE-2012-2737) CVE-2012-2737 accountsservice: local file disclosure flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
accountsservice - D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
osvdb.org/83398 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA49759 - Ubuntu update for accountsservice - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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