CVE-2012-6140

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

24/04/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator::::::::		0.91 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator:0.86:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:google:authenticator:0.87:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2012-6140

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools