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CVE-2012-6097

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6097 describes a file descriptor leak in cronie version 1.4.8, which could allow local users to read restricted files, such as /etc/crontab, when cronie operates in specific environments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:cronie:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6097Low

cronie: fd leak in 1.4.8

Oct 22, 2012

References

bugs.mageia.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
mandriva.com / security/advisories