CVE-2012-0427

high
Published 2013-12-02 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.2

Description

yast2-add-on-creator in SUSE inst-source-utils 2008.11.26 before 2008.11.26-0.9.1 and 2012.9.13 before 2012.9.13-0.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) file name or (2) directory name.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0427.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse11.4affected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.