A flaw was found in Pulp, as used in Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to read the administrative password due to world-readable permissions on the `pulp.conf` configuration file. This information disclosure could enable unauthorized access to sensitive system credentials.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2012-4500 | Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for pulp.conf, which allows local users to read the administrative password by reading this file. |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for pulp.conf, which allows local users to read the administrative password by reading this file. | A flaw was found in Pulp, as used in Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to read the administrative password due to world-readable permissions on the `pulp.conf` configuration file. This information disclosure could enable unauthorized access to sensitive system credentials. |
| Title | pulp /etc/pulp/pulp.conf world readable, contains default admin password | Pulp: red hat cloudforms: pulp in red hat cloudforms: information disclosure via world-readable configuration file |
| First Time appeared |
Cloudforms Systemengine
Cloudforms Systemengine 1 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-538 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:cloudforms_systemengine:1::el6 | |
| Vendors & Products |
Cloudforms Systemengine
Cloudforms Systemengine 1 |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-30T18:03:35.367Z
Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-4574
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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-01-04T22:55:02.087
Modified: 2026-10-30T19:17:25.783
Link: CVE-2012-4574
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