CVE-2012-2120

low

Published 2012-05-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

Description

latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2012.20130315-1`
sid	Fixed	`2012.20130315-1`
forky	Fixed	`2012.20130315-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2012.20130315-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2012.20130315-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
debian	texlive-extra-utils	`2011.20120322`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.