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CVE-2012-2120

Date: October 3, 2022

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.

Language: LUA

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2120
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2120
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2120

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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