CVE-2012-1174

Exp

The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."

Published: 2012-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1174 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1174

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1174

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% 0.12% +0.08%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1174

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1174

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1174

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-1174 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1174
suse low CVE-2012-1174 severity low: SUSE including 157 source package names (libgudev-1_0-0-210-44.1, libgudev-1_0-0-210-83.2, …), 226 product×package rows across 27 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (27 product lines)): Fixed 226. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1174/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1174

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux systemd 43 cpe:2.3:o:linux:systemd:43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1174

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