CVE-2012-2389
N/A
Published: June 21, 2012 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorHostapdFi Hostapd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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