CVE-2012-6472: Opera Browser

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Opera before 12.12 on UNIX uses weak permissions for the profile directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a (1) cache file, (2) password file, or (3) configuration file, or (4) possibly gain privileges by modifying or overwriting a configuration file.

Affected products

• Opera Opera Browser: up to and including 12.11; version 1.00 only; version 2.00 only; version 2.10 only; version 2.12 only; version 3.00 only; …

Published 2013-01-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.