CVE-2012-0878 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier, affecting the pythonpaste and paste products. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass file-access restrictions when a web application utilizes the local filesystem and Paste Script executes with root privileges, due to improper group membership settings. While rated with a CVSS score of 5.1 (medium severity) indicating network access, high attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pythonpaste:paste:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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