Vulnerability CVE-2012-1931
Published: 2012-03-27   Modified: 2012-03-28

Description:
Opera before 11.62 on UNIX, when used in conjunction with an unspecified printing application, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file during printing.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Opera -> Opera 
Opera -> Opera browser 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48535
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1162/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1015/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74500
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