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CVE-2012-0054

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0054 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GoLismero 0.6.3 and earlier versions, specifically within the libs/updater.py script. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system through a symlink attack, as demonstrated with files like Admin/changes.dat. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golismero:golismero:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-vwxc-3cfr-37jqlow

GoLismero symlink attack

May 4, 2022

References

code.google.com / p/golismero/source/detail
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/17/7
osvdb.org / 78472