VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-2653
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability3.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
arpwatch 2.1a15, as used by Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, and possibly others, does not properly drop supplementary groups, which might allow attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging other vulnerabilities in the daemon.