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CVE-2012-5355

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Affected products

• Bryce Harrington Xdiagnose: through 2.5; 0.2-0ubuntu2, 1.6, 1.6.1

References

• http://osvdb.org/85882
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50854
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475
• http://osvdb.org/85882
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50854
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475

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