The user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-22T17:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01

Reserved: 2012-05-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2012-2737

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-22T17:55:02.913

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:31:41.507


Link: CVE-2012-2737

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