UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5564

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5564

    Published: 14 Feb 2013Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-5564

    Summary:

    Details: android-tools 4.1.1 in Android Debug Bridge (ADB) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/adb.log.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5564, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/23/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5564

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: android-tools

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+git20160322-0ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu42
    4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu43

    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