CVE-2012-0878

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.

Affected products

Pythonpaste Paste: through 1.7.5

References

http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48812
http://secunia.com/advisories/50410
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/4
https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4
https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790
http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48812

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