CVE-2012-0948 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in Update Manager's DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py, affecting Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive repository credentials stored in apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and system_state.tar.gz. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of only confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.150.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:update-manager-core:0.150.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.152.25.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:update-manager-core:0.152.25.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.156.14.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:update-manager-core:0.156.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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