Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0948

Title: Gnome Update-Manager-Core

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0948.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Jun 07, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0948: DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz http://osvdb.org/82019 http://secunia.com/advisories/49230 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz http://osvdb.org/82019 http://secunia.com/advisories/49230 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0948 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 07, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.