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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5535

CVE-2012-5535

Description

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

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Affected products

5

GNOME Foundation/gnome-system-log2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-system-log:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-system-log:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Fedoraproject/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gnome System Log/Gnome System Logv5
Range: < 3.4.1

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References

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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094059.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094181.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5535nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5535nvdBroken Link

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