CVE-2012-2120

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    CVE-2012-2120

    Published: 18 May 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High