CVEs-PoC/2012/CVE-2012-2737.md

### [CVE-2012-2737](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2737)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20n%2Fa%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1485-1

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.