CVE-2012-5560 describes a vulnerability in mate-settings-daemon versions 1.5.3 and earlier, where a local user can alter the system's timezone through a specially crafted D-Bus call due to a default configuration issue. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating it requires local access, is easy to exploit, and only impacts integrity with no confidentiality or availability concerns. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely exploited or discussed threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mate-desktop:mate-settings-daemon:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.