CVE-2012-1931

N/A Unknown

Published: March 28, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Opera before 11.62 on UNIX, when used in conjunction with an unspecified printing application, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file during printing.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00012.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/48535

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1162/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1015/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74500

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00012.html