Vulnerability CVE-2012-6136
Published: 2019-11-20   Modified: 2019-11-24

Description:
tuned 2.10.0 creates its PID file with insecure permissions which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes.

Type:

CWE-276

 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Tuned 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6136
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6136
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