CVE-2012-4454

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    CVE-2012-4454

    Published: 10 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/50702, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636, http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9, http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28878345, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78797

    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