cve/2012/CVE-2012-2737.md

### [CVE-2012-2737](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2737)
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### 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.
Update Sun May 26 14:27:04 CEST 2024 2024-05-26 14:27:05 +02:00			`### [CVE-2012-2737](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2737)`
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Update Sun May 26 14:27:04 CEST 2024 2024-05-26 14:27:05 +02:00
			`### 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.`