CVE-2012-1567
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 7, 2020 at 01:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLinuxMintXreader
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintUpdate.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≥ 2012-3-192012-3-19
v ≥ 2012-3-19
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/14x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py#L1444CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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