CVE-2012-2120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2012-05-18

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2122	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Texlive-extra-utils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-05-18T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:28:56.219Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2120

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-18T22:55:03.247

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2120

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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