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CVE-2012-6097

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

Affected products

• Fedorahosted Cronie: 1.4.8

References

• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661

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