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CVE-2012-5578
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
- 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: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-276
Description
Python keyring has insecure permissions on new databases allowing world-readable files to be created
Affected products
- Python keyring: through 0.10
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5578
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1031465
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5578
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5578
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1031465
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5578
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