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CVE-2012-6110

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6110 describes a vulnerability in bcron-exec, a component of bcron versions prior to 0.10. This flaw allows local users to manipulate job files and send spam by accessing open file descriptors due to bcron-exec failing to close temporary file descriptors when executing cron jobs. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.09CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bcron_project:bcron_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bcron_project:bcron_exec:0.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bcron_project:bcron_exec:0.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bcron_project:bcron_exec:0.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.07CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bcron_project:bcron_exec:0.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 64th 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

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitPatch
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q1/102
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/81383
untroubled.org / bcron/NEWS