Is CVE-2012-2120 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2120 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2120?

CVE-2012-2120 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

CVE-2012-2120

LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.3 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.3% (24th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-2122)
Published: May 18, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2122 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / texlive-extra-utils

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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