CVE-2012-1088

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1088
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-15 14:57:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptioniproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.001200000 probability, percentile 0.304170000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Iproute2 Project Iproute2 3.0.0 All All All
Application Iproute2 Project Iproute2 3.1.0 All All All
Application Iproute2 Project Iproute2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN02970 rev.1 - HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) or HP Insight Control Server ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
797878 – (CVE-2012-1088) CVE-2012-1088 iproute: multiple insecure temporary file use issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commit;h=20ed7b24df05eadf83168d1d0ce0052a31380928 MITRE git.kernel.org
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commit;h=e557d1ac3a156ba7521ba44b0b412af4542f83f8 MITRE git.kernel.org
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