CVE-2012-5605
Grinder: red hat cloudforms: grinder in red hat cloudforms: local users can modify cache files via world-writable permissions
A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/ directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Grinder: red hat cloudforms: grinder in red hat cloudforms: local users can modify cache files via world-writable permissions
A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/ directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
- Record
CVE-2012-5605- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5491
A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/ directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5491- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x2c2-p9xj-wcjm
Grinder in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/pulp/cache...
Grinder in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/, which allows local users to modify grinder cache files.
- Record
GHSA-x2c2-p9xj-wcjm- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/ directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
- Record
CVE-2012-5605- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276, CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5605 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Redhat Cloudforms, published January 4, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.