CVE-2012-3500

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

01/10/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.20 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.20

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts::::::::		2.12.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:fedora:rpmdevtools::::::::		8.2-1 (including)

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CVE-2012-3500

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools