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CVE-2012-2451
The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite…
Low3.6EPSS 0.50%
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- mitre
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 are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818386 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-config-inifiles/changeset/a08fa26f4f59 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- config-inifiles-symlink(75328) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7763 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 48990 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1543-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 81671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120502 temporary file issue in Config::IniFiles Config-IniFiles perl-Config-IniFiles (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 53361 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7777 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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