CVE-2012-5619
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.
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 Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.1.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.1.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.1.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.1.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.1.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleuthkit | the_sleuth_kit | 4.0.1 | |
References
- http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-story-of-leaked-data-carried-by-human-vector/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097289.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097293.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:125
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5619
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.