CVE-2012-5605
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Description
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.
Severity
LOW
CVSS score
3.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2013-01-04 22:55:02.430000
Last modified
2026-10-30 19:17:26.223000
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