CVE-2012-5628

low-risk

Published 2018-05-04

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.4/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Gofer

Affected Vendors

Gofer Project

References (2)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884854

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low-risk

Severity 15/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal