CVE-2011-4578

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    CVE-2011-4578

    Published: 29 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984, http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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