CVE-2012-2451

lowpriority · track · 14EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.50% (43rd) EPSS
CVSS 3.6 · low
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9
v2.03.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-37USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2012-06-27modified 2026-06-16
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references (30)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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