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GHSA-4WJ6-2665-QG48

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 04:32 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:38

Details

The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.

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  "published": "2022-05-17T04:32:25Z",
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CVE-2012-5619 (GCVE-0-2012-5619)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-sto…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2012-12-01 00:00

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