Description
The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.
Published: 2014-09-29
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5505 The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4765-1 The Sleuth Kit vulnerabilities
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Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.011Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5619

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-29T22:55:03.847

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2012-5619

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