Inkscape up to 0.48.3.1 access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Inkscape and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Inkscape before 0.48.4 reads .eps files from /tmp instead of the current directory, which might cause Inkspace to process unintended files, allow local users to obtain sensitive information, and possibly have other unspecified impacts.

The weakness was presented 03/12/2013 by Vincent Lefevre (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-6076 since 12/06/2012. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64906 (SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inkscape (SAT Patch Number 7380)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166666 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for inkscape (SUSE-SU-2013:0351-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.47 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82833) and Tenable (64906). See 63367 for similar entry.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 64906
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inkscape (SAT Patch Number 7380)
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OpenVAS ID: 841294
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for inkscape USN-1712-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Inkscape 0.47

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12/29/2012 +23 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +667 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1712-1
Researcher: Vincent Lefevre
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6076 (🔍)
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X-Force: 82833
Vulnerability Center: 39700 - Inkspace Before 0.48.4 Allows Local Information Disclosure - CVE-2012-6076, Low
SecurityFocus: 57636 - Inkscape '.eps' File Local Security Vulnerability

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/30/2021 05:21
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (65), 04/30/2017 12:42 (6), 12/30/2021 05:11 (3), 12/30/2021 05:21 (1)
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