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CVE-2012-0808
as31 2.3.1-4 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local…
Low3.6EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
as31 2.3.1-4 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20120705 Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120124 Re: CVE requests: Suhosin extension / as31 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120124 CVE requests: Suhosin extension / as31 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655496 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120831 Re: Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120706 Re: Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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