CVE-2012-5931

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_log_config function in regclnt.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a log pathname.

Affected products

Microfocus Privileged User Manager: 2.3.0, 2.3.1

References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K6-PmbPjduA~
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i_adv.htm
https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011385
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K6-PmbPjduA~
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i_adv.htm
https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011385

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