CVE-2012-2451
The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details
02 Description
The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details
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
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.7% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2012-06-27 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cf609f7d1553a4ef5ec36c00125bd0372d74943b277f82afcd21cca22a168c4e
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818386
- bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-config-inifiles/changeset/a08fa26f4f59
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comconfig-inifiles-symlink(75328)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75328
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-7802http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080713.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-7763http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081207.html
- secunia.com48990http://secunia.com/advisories/48990
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1543-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1543-1
- www.osvdb.org81671http://www.osvdb.org/81671
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120502 temporary file issue in Config::IniFiles Config-IniFiles perl-Config-IniFileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/6
- www.securityfocus.com53361http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53361
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-7777http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080716.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libconfig-inifiles-perl Fixed in 2.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libconfig-inifiles-perl Fixed in 2.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libconfig-inifiles-perl Fixed in 2.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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