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A vulnerability was found in Novell openSUSE 11.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

yast2-add-on-creator in SUSE inst-source-utils 2008.11.26 before 2008.11.26-0.9.1 and 2012.9.13 before 2012.9.13-0.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) file name or (2) directory name.

The weakness was presented 12/01/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.novell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0427 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64160 (SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inst-source-utils (SAT Patch Number 6817)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 11.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (64160).

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Novell

Name

• openSUSE

Version

• 11.4

License

• open-source

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 64160
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inst-source-utils (SAT Patch Number 6817)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: openSUSE 11.4

Timelineinfo

01/09/2012 🔍
11/29/2012 +325 days 🔍
01/01/2013 +33 days 🔍
01/25/2013 +24 days 🔍
12/01/2013 +310 days 🔍
12/01/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +478 days 🔍
01/11/2022 +2485 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-0427 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 37882 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop inst-source-utils Local Security Bypass Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/11/2022 07:34
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 04/23/2017 13:54 (2), 01/11/2022 07:34 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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