CVE-2012-5477 — The smart proxy in Foreman before 1.1 uses a umask set to 0, which allows local users to modify files created by the daemon via unspecified vectors

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The smart proxy in Foreman before 1.1 uses a umask set to 0, which allows local users to modify files created by the daemon via unspecified vectors

Published May 8, 2014

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The smart proxy in Foreman before 1.1 uses a umask set to 0, which allows local users to modify files created by the daemon via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00328

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00328

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	0.33% (0.00328)	23.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00328)	24.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00131)	30.16th	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	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/1929
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://theforeman.org/security.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/1929		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://theforeman.org/security.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published May 8, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 24, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-5477

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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