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
Published Jul 22, 2012
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.6.21
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.6.6
- 0.6.7
- 0.6.8
- 0.6.9
- 0.6.10
- 0.6.11
- 0.6.12
- 0.6.13
- 0.6.14
- 0.6.15
- 0.6.16
- 0.6.17
- 0.6.18
- 0.6.19
- 0.6.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 27.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 27.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 19.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=26213aa0e0d8dca5f36cc23f6942525224cbe9f5 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=27f3d93a82fde4f6c7ab54f3f008af04f93f9c69 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=4c5b12e363410e490e776e4b4a86dcce157a543d x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=bd51aa4cdac380f55d607f4ffdf2ab3c00d08721 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083359.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/83398 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49695 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/28/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54223 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832532 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76648 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15100967 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Change history (0)
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