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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5276 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:46.793Z

Reserved: 2012-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5355

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-10T18:55:05.657

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5355

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