A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the `/var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/` directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2012-5491 | Grinder in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/, which allows local users to modify grinder cache files. |
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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Grinder in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/, which allows local users to modify grinder cache files. | A flaw was found in Grinder, a component of Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify Grinder's cache files due to incorrect world-writable permissions set on the `/var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/` directory. This could lead to unauthorized data tampering within the application's cache. |
| Title | grinder: /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder directory is world-writeable | Grinder: red hat cloudforms: grinder in red hat cloudforms: local users can modify cache files via world-writable permissions |
| First Time appeared |
Cloudforms Systemengine
Cloudforms Systemengine 1 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-276 | |
| 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: 2026-10-30T18:52:20.667Z
Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-5605
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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-01-04T22:55:02.430
Modified: 2026-10-30T19:17:26.223
Link: CVE-2012-5605
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