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CVE-2012-1566

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

7.5 High

CVE-2012-1566 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Linuxmint, published February 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
0.88%EPSS, 59th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.88%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Record
CVE-2012-1566
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Record
CVE-2012-1566
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1584No score

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Record
EUVD-2012-1584
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxrr-h658-rq27No score

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Record
GHSA-gxrr-h658-rq27
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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