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CVE-2012-4454 Details

Description

openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) .pkapi_xpk or (2) .pkcs11spinloc file in /tmp.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9	CVE
http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50702	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78797	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28878345	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627	CVE
http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=58345488c9351d9be9a4be27c8b407c2706a33a9	[email protected]
http://opencryptoki.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=opencryptoki/opencryptoki%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7fcb3eb0319183348f1f4fb90ede4edd6487c30	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730636	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50702	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78797	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28878345	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/2	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/6	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/09/2	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/6	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/5	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/2	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55627	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
opencryptoki project opencryptoki	<= 2.4 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.4.1 2.2.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

opencryptoki project opencryptoki

<= 2.4

2.2.3

2.2.4

2.2.4.1

2.2.5

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]