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CVE-2012-5535

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5535 describes a vulnerability in gnome-system-log where its Polkit policy allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the system. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to significant information disclosure (CWE-200), affecting Fedora and GNOME System Log. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-system-log:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5535Moderate

gnome-system-log: polkit policy too lax, allows reading arbitrary files on the system

Nov 19, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094059.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094181.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-5535
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5535
Third Party Advisory