Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-6097

Title: Fedorahosted Cronie Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-6097.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Apr 09, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-6097: File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

Impacted Vendors

fedorahosted 1

Reference Links

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033 https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033 https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-6097 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.

April 09, 2013 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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.