CVE-2012-0808
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
as31 2.3.1-4 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0835)
- Published
- March 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0835 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bdale garbee / as31
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655496
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/9
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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