CVE-2012-4480 describes a vulnerability in the fedoraproject and oVirt mom (Monitoring on MD) packages, where the software creates world-writable PID files in the /var/run directory. This allows a local attacker to potentially escalate privileges or cause denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.3.0-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ovirt:mom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.