CVE-2012-0961: Debian Advanced Package Tool
Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.x before 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6, 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.x before 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7, and 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.x before 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2, as used in Ubuntu, uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/apt/term.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive shell information by reading the log file.
Affected products
Published 2012-12-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.