CVE-2012-4455

medium
Published 2012-10-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.2
VIR risk
6.2

Description

openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.

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-2012-4455

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_projectopencryptoki2.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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