CVE-2012-0427 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in yast2-add-on-creator, part of SUSE inst-source-utils, affecting openSUSE. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by manipulating file or directory names. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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