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CVE-2012-2760

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2760 describes a vulnerability in mod_auth_openid before version 0.7 for Apache, where the /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db file is created with world-readable permissions. This misconfiguration allows local users to access and potentially steal session IDs. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, primarily leading to a compromise of confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18917) exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:findingscience:mod_auth_openid:*:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:findingscience:mod_auth_openid:0.1:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:findingscience:mod_auth_openid:0.2:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:findingscience:mod_auth_openid:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:findingscience:mod_auth_openid:0.3:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18917 · May 24, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2012-05/0235.html
packetstormsecurity.org / files/112991/Mod_Auth_OpenID-Session-Stealing.html
secunia.com / advisories/49247
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75813
github.com / bmuller/mod_auth_openid/blob/master/ChangeLog
github.com / bmuller/mod_auth_openid/pull/30
exploit-db.com / exploits/18917
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 82139
securityfocus.com / bid/53661