FKIE_CVE-2012-4455
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-10 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:45
Severity
Summary
openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| opencryptoki_project | opencryptoki | 2.4.1 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:45:07.980",
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