LOW
hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials
Published Jun 21, 2012
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
Affected products
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00353
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00353
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 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.11th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660 x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660 | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 21, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2389
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a