CVE-2012-2451

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2451
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-27 21:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Shlomi Fish Config-inifiles All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/81671 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: perl-Config-IniFiles-2.72-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1543-1: Config-IniFiles vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: perl-Config-IniFiles-2.72-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - temporary file issue in Config::IniFiles Config-IniFiles perl-Config-IniFiles af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
818386 – (CVE-2012-2451) CVE-2012-2451 perl-Config-IniFiles: insecure temporary file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Perl Config::IniFiles Module Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: perl-Config-IniFiles-2.72-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
shlomif / perl-Config-IniFiles / changeset / a08fa26f4f59 — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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