CVE-2012-5931 (GCVE-0-2012-5931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:26
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_log_config function in regclnt.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a log pathname.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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