CVE-2012-5659

Exp

Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module.

Published: 2013-03-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5659 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). 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-2012-5659

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5659

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 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.45% +0.38%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5659

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5659

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5659

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5659

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-5659

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5659

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool <= 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4.980 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.980:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4.981 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.981:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5659

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