/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wxPython_common-2.8.12.1.egg-info is in python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.12.1-6ubuntu2.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/../../../share/pyshared/wxPython_common-2.8.12.1.egg-info