CVE-2012-2451
EPSS 0.06%
Description
The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.
How to fix CVE-2012-2451
To remediate CVE-2012-2451, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libconfig-inifiles-perl—upgrade to 2.72-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-2451 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.72-1