CVE-2011-4578

Medium

Description

event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductTedfelix Acpid2
PublishedAug 29, 2012
First seenAug 29, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tedfelix acpid2v ≤ 2.0.10, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9—

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