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CVE-2012-4453 json

dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with wo…

published 2012-10-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4384

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.

Patch / fix

  • dracut_project dracut 024
  • dracut Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 020-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4453

  • dracut RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-caps RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-fips RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-tools RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-kernel RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-generic RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-network RHEL 6 004-336.el6
  • dracut-fips-aesni RHEL 6 004-336.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1674

  • dracut openSUSE Tumbleweed 044-17.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10225-1

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-2012-4453 updated cvss 5.4

dracut: Creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions (information disclosure)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) dracut 004-336.el6, dracut-caps 004-336.el6, dracut-fips 004-336.el6, dracut-tools 004-336.el6, dracut-kernel 004-336.el6, dracut-generic 004-336.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1674

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

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.