CVE-2012-1187
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
CVE-2012-1187- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-273
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
CVE-2012-1187- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1216 No score
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
EUVD-2012-1216- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h93j-297h-hcxm
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
GHSA-h93j-297h-hcxm- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-273
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
CVE-2012-1187- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1187
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1187- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-1187 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Bitlbee, published October 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.65%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in bitlbee 3.0.4+bzr855-1.