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CVE-2012-2679

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2679 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in the Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg) before version 5.10.27-8. The /var/log/rhncfg-actions file is world-readable, allowing local users to access sensitive information regarding rhncfg-client actions. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of information disclosure (C:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.10.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:rhncfg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 51st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5Fixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5.3.LLFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5.6.ZFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6Fixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.0.ZFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.1.ZFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.2.ZFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.3.ZFixed in: rhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: Server

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2679Moderate

rhncfg: Insecure permissions used for /var/log/rhncfg-actions file

Jun 14, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50978
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79260
securityfocus.com / bid/55934
securitytracker.com / id