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CVE-2012-6114

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The git-changelog utility in git-extras 1.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/changelog or (2) /tmp/.git-effort.

Affected products

• git-extras: 1.7.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23/5
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698490
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23/5
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698490

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