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Vulnerability details: VCID-chrc-qepq-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-chrc-qepq-aaag
Aliases CVE-2012-2120
Summary latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
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generic_textual Negligible https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2120
cvssv2 3.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2120
generic_textual Negligible http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-2120.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2120
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2120
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15
668779 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-2120 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2120
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2120
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05128
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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