CVE-2012-2120

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 18, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-2120: Low severity, CVSS 3.3 | Vulnix