CVE-2012-1187 json
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
published 2019-10-29 7 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1216
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.6%
- EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c
Patch / fix
- bitlbee Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.4+bzr855-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1187
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1187 updated cvss 4.3
bitlbee: does not drop extra group privileges
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Bitlbee Bitlbee
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
References
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security-tracker.debian.org
/tracker/CVE-2012-1187
third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1187
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/cve-2012-1187
broken-link
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bugs.bitlbee.org
/ticket/852
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-1187
- NVD CVE-2012-1187
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