CVE-2012-1088 in Kernel

Summary

iproute2 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.

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• Reservation: 02/14/2012
• Disclosure: 02/15/2014
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.00120
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1088
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1088
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-1088/