{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4453","details":"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users to obtain sensitive information.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:16:08.384385Z","published":"2012-10-09T23:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:47Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-4453"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4453"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4453"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dracut","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dracut@027-1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"027-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"027-1","binary_name":"dracut"},{"binary_version":"027-1","binary_name":"dracut-network"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4453.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dracut","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dracut@044+3-3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"044+3-3"}]}],"versions":["043-2","043-4","044+3-1","044+3-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut"},{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut-config-generic"},{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut-config-rescue"},{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut-core"},{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut-core-dbgsym"},{"binary_version":"044+3-3","binary_name":"dracut-network"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4453.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}