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Medium
CVE-2012-4442
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of...
Vulnerability Description
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 retains the supplementary group IDs of the root account during operations with a non-root effective UID, which might allow local users to bypass intended file-read restrictions by leveraging a race condition in a file-permission check.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
monkey-project
View all reports →Affected Software
monkey
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 5th, 2012
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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