CVE-2012-5564
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
android-tools 4.1.1 in Android Debug Bridge (ADB) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/adb.log.
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.
OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| android_debug_bridge | - | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5564
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688280
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098527.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098529.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098532.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/23/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56653
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879582
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.