CVE-2012-4454

low
Published 2012-10-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
2.9

Description

openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4454

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/50702

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki{"endIncluding":"2.4"}
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.3
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.4
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.4.1
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.5
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.6
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.7
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.2.8
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.3.0
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.3.1
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.3.2
opencryptoki_projectopencryptoki2.3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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