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CVE-2012-6655

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: yes
• Published: 2019-11-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords.

Affected products

• Accountsservice Project Accountsservice: 0.6.37
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Opensuse: 13.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69245
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6655
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6655
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95325
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6655
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69245
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6655
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6655
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95325
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6655

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