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CVE-2012-2679

• 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: 2012-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.

Affected products

• RedHat Rhncfg: through 5.10.27

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50978
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55934
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027661
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50978
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55934
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027661
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260

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