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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EUVD 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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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
Weaknesses CWE-276
CPEs cpe:/a:cloudforms_systemengine:1::el6
Vendors & Products Cloudforms Systemengine
Cloudforms Systemengine 1
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-01-04T22:55:02.430

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:17:26.223

Link: CVE-2012-5605

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5605 - Bugzilla

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