CVE-2012-5619

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    CVE-2012-5619

    Published: 29 Sept 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:125, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330, http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-story-of-leaked-data-carried-by-human-vector/, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097289.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097293.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2

    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