CVE-2012-0948

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
GNOME Update-Manager-Core: 0.150.5.2, 0.152.25.10, 0.156.14.3

References

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz
http://osvdb.org/82019
http://secunia.com/advisories/49230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz
http://osvdb.org/82019
http://secunia.com/advisories/49230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727

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