CVE-2012-5355
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
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.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://osvdb.org/85882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475
- http://osvdb.org/85882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.