CVE-2012-2120 — Vulnetix

CVE-2012-2120 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.06% · 17.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.06%

17.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	texlive-bin	2013.20130729.30972-2, 0, 2013.20130529.30792-1build2

Exploit Intelligence

[oss-security] 20120419 CVE request: latex2man / texlive (circl)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779 (circl)
[oss-security] 20120419 Re: CVE request: latex2man / texlive (circl)

Timeline

May 18, 2012 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2120 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2120 third-party-advisory

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