acpid: Unsafe umask for actions executed by acpid
Published Aug 29, 2012
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.10
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
acpid
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acpid
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
acpid
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | acpid | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acpid | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | acpid | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 31.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 31.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 20.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 75.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 4, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 75.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 73.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 52.35th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4578 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4578
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4578
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4578 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4578 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4578 |
Change history (0)
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