{"cve":"CVE-2012-2451","nvd":{"published":"2012-06-27T21:55:03.097","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:35.050","status":"Modified","description":"The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.  NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080713.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080716.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081207.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/48990","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/6"],"products":["shlomi_fish:config-inifiles"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2451","score":0.00504,"percentile":0.43092,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}