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CVE-2012-6140

Published: Apr 24, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
1.9LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

authenticatorgoogle
On-prem
Mobile Apps / android-app
n/an/a
googlecommercialUSMobile Appsaka google inc, google llc

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
bugs.debian.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
openwall.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
bugzilla.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 24, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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