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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-6097 · published 9 April 2013

CVE-2012-6097: Fedorahosted cronie information exposure vulnerability

Fedorahosted · Cronie

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 29.4% CWE-200 · Information exposure
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-6097), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.