CVE-2012-6472 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in Opera versions prior to 12.12 on UNIX systems. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive data like cache, password, or configuration files, and potentially escalate privileges by modifying or overwriting configuration files. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a low-complexity local attack with partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:2.10:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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 records are not available for this CVE.