Vulnerability CVE-2012-2120
Published: 2012-05-18   Modified: 2012-05-19

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> Texlive-extra-utils 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top