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CVE-2012-6140

N/A
Published: April 24, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAuthenticator

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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