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CVE-2012-1106

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1106 describes a vulnerability in the C handler plug-in of the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), affecting versions possibly 2.0.8 and earlier, specifically within Red Hat products. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive information by improperly setting group permissions on core dump files for setuid programs when the sysctl fs.suid_dumpable option is set to 2. With a CVSS score of 1.9 (low severity), the attack requires local access and medium complexity, leading to a potential compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: btparser-0:0.16-3.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libreport-0:2.0.9-5.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-meh-0:0.12.1-3.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1106Low

abrt: Setuid process core dump archived with unsafe GID permissions

Feb 6, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0841.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76524
fedorahosted.org / abrt/changeset/23d6997d7886abe118c28254f7f73f0b19b2d4e0
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/54121