CVE-2012-5535

gnome-system-log polkit policy allows arbitrary files on the system to be read

• CWE-200

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094059.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094181.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5535Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5535Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5535Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094059.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094181.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5535Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5535Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5535Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 25, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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