CVE-2012-5619 | Mend Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2012-5619

Published:September 29, 2014

Updated:May 17, 2026

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.

Related Resources (9)

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

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

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

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

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

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5619

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5619

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

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

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