CVE-2012-0420

zypp-refresh-wrapper in SUSE Zypper before 1.3.20 and 1.6.x before 1.6.166 allows local users to create files in arbitrary directories, or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a pathname in the ZYPP_LOCKFILE_ROOT environment variable.

Published: 2013-12-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0420 is rated Low Risk (22.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0420

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0420

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0420

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse zypper <= 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:zypper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse zypper 0.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:zypper:0.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse zypper 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:zypper:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse zypper 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:zypper:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0420

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