CVE-2012-2120 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in latex2man, specifically within texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322 and potentially other versions. An attacker can exploit this flaw, when latex2man is used with the H or T option, to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts limited to integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2011.20120322CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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