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CVE-2012-5564

• 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: 2013-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

android-tools 4.1.1 in Android Debug Bridge (ADB) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/adb.log.

Affected products

• Google Android Debug Bridge: all versions

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688280
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098527.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098529.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098532.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/23/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/23/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56653
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879582
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688280
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098527.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098529.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098532.html

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