CVE-2012-2314

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: 2012-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The bootloader configuration module (pyanaconda/bootloader.py) in Anaconda uses 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d, which allows local users to obtain password hashes and conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Anaconda: all versions

References

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53486
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3

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