CVE-2012-2451

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 27, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-2451: Low severity, CVSS 3.6 | Vulnix