Description
hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- W1.FI
- Published
- 6/21/2012
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
w1.fi : hostapd
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