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CVE-2012-0842

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0842 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in the surf web browser, affecting Debian and Suckless surf versions. The flaw allows a local attacker to read cookies from other local users due to improper permissions on the cookie jar. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction is not needed, but it only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suckless:surf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-0842
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-0842
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/10/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/11/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory