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

CVE-2012-2737

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

Github

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