DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2737

    Published: 22 Jul 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2737

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2737

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: accountsservice

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.21-6

    Affected versions

    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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