National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-6472

Overview

Opera before 12.12 on UNIX uses weak permissions for the profile directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a (1) cache file, (2) password file, or (3) configuration file, or (4) possibly gain privileges by modifying or overwriting a configuration file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1039/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1039/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1212/

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1212/