CVE-2012-5355

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

10/10/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

3.30

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:bryce_harrington:xdiagnose::::::::		2.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:bryce_harrington:xdiagnose:0.2-0ubuntu2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:bryce_harrington:xdiagnose:1.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:bryce_harrington:xdiagnose:1.6.1:::::::*

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CVE-2012-5355

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools