CVE-2012-5355

2012-10-1018:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

References

osvdb.org/85882

secunia.com/advisories/50854

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475