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CVE-2012-3500
scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files…
Low1.2EPSS 0.27%
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- redhat
Description
scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- rpmdevtools-toctou-symlink(78230) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 55358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-13208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-2549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-13263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50600 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-13234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-1593-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120831 [Notification] CVE-2012-3500 - rpmdevtools, devscripts: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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