CVE-2012-2103

The qmailscan plugin for Munin 1.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Published: 2012-08-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2103 is rated Low Risk (13.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2103

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.33% +0.29%
2 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2103

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2103

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2103

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2103 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (munin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2103
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2103: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-17), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/munin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2103
ubuntu negligible CVE-2012-2103 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (munin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2103

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2103

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
munin-monitoring munin 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:munin-monitoring:munin:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2103

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