CVE-2012-3504 (GCVE-0-2012-3504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
Summary
The nssconfigFound function in genkey.pl in crypto-utils 2.4.1-34 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "list" file in the current working directory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2012-10-02 00:00
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