{"cve":"CVE-2012-6140","nvd":{"published":"2013-04-24T10:28:37.323","modified":"2026-06-16T23:47:53.827","status":"Modified","description":"pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505","https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129"],"products":["google:authenticator"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:29:16.037019470+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-6140","score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13827,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}