01 Record
CVE-2012-0054
libs/updater.py in GoLismero 0.6.3, and other versions before Git revision 2b3bb43d6867, as used in backtrack and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
libs/updater.py in GoLismero 0.6.3, and other versions before Git revision 2b3bb43d6867, as used in backtrack and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-03-19 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 19:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- be2045cefdeeef528e76af6a1f0d7d5f5d4af11b786dfc9ddeeac842e9931948
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.osvdb.org78472http://www.osvdb.org/78472
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120117 Re: CVE-request: golismero symlink vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/10
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120117 CVE-request: golismero symlink vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/7
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/golismero/source/detail?r=2b3bb43d68676efd687361f7de29380189031ab8