CVE-2012-3500
LOW · CVSS 1.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (19th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3456)
- Published
- October 1, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3456 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- fedora / rpmdevtools
References
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50600(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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