CVE-ID

CVE-2012-2737

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Description
The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
References
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Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120514 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120514)
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Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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