CVE-2012-5638

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 20, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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