CVE-2012-5619

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.35%

Published

Sep 29, 2014

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (1)

sleuthkit · the_sleuth_kitvulnerable

References (14)

http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-story-of-leaked-data-carried-by-human-vector/

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097289.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097293.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:125

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330