PT-2012-3818

CVE-2012-2120

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Published

2012-05-18

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Updated

2012-05-21

Description by

CVSS 2.0
3.3
Low
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322
Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file when latex2man is used with the H or T option.
Recommendations For texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322, consider avoiding the use of the H or T option with latex2man until a fix is available, or apply any available configuration changes that restrict access to temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-2120
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