CVE-2012-2120

Published May 18, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.3
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AA12C145-28D1-4101-9168-AF9FFAE40F42"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References