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CVE-2012-6076

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6076 describes a vulnerability in Inkscape versions prior to 0.48.4, where the application incorrectly reads .eps files from the /tmp directory instead of the current working directory. This flaw could allow a local attacker to potentially access sensitive information or cause other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a low-privilege local attack with moderate complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.48.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.38.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.38.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: inkscape

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6076Low

inkscape: Reads .eps files from /tmp instead of current working directory

Mar 4, 2012

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
bugs.launchpad.net / inkscape/+bug/911146
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1712-1