CVE-2012-2737

low
Published 2012-07-22 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
1.9

Description

The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49759

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49695

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2737

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiansidfixed0.6.21-6
debian debiantrixiefixed0.6.21-6
debian debianbookwormfixed0.6.21-6
debian debianforkyfixed0.6.21-6
debian debianbullseyefixed0.6.21-6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ray_stodeaccountsservice{"endIncluding":"0.6.21"}
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.4
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.5
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.1
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.2
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.3
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.4
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.5
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.6
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.7
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.8
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.9
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.10
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.11
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.12
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.13
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.14
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.15
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.16
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.17
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.18
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.19
ray_stodeaccountsservice0.6.20

References

CWEs

CWE-362

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