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CVE-2012-5628

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5628 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in gofer_project gofer versions prior to 0.68. The flaw stems from world-writable permissions on the /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog file, allowing local users to delete journal entries. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, enabling an attacker to impact system availability and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gofer_project:gofer:0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 15,903 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2012-5628Low

gofer: /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog is world writable

Apr 26, 2012

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking