{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2120","details":"latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:30:53.826692Z","published":"2012-05-18T22:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:45Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-2120"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2120"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2120"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"texlive-bin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2013.20130729.30972-2build3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"}]}],"versions":["2013.20130529.30792-1build2","2013.20130729.30972-2","2013.20130729.30972-2build1","2013.20130729.30972-2build2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libkpathsea-dev","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"},{"binary_name":"libkpathsea6","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"},{"binary_name":"libptexenc-dev","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"},{"binary_name":"libptexenc1","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"},{"binary_name":"texlive-binaries","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2build3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2120.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}