CVE-2012-1106

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: yes
Published: 2012-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The C handler plug-in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), possibly 2.0.8 and earlier, does not properly set the group (GID) permissions on core dump files for setuid programs when the sysctl fs.suid_dumpable option is set to 2, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

RedHat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool: through 2.0.7

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0841.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54121
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76524
https://fedorahosted.org/abrt/changeset/23d6997d7886abe118c28254f7f73f0b19b2d4e0
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0841.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54121
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76524
https://fedorahosted.org/abrt/changeset/23d6997d7886abe118c28254f7f73f0b19b2d4e0

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