CVE-2012-4676 — The errorExitIfAttackViaString function in Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files by constructing a (1) symlink or (2) hard link, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3485

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The errorExitIfAttackViaString function in Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files by constructing a (1) symlink or (2) hard link, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3485

Published Aug 26, 2012

1.2

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.19%

Description

The errorExitIfAttackViaString function in Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files by constructing a (1) symlink or (2) hard link, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3485.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.19% 0.00186

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00186

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.19% (0.00186)	7.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.19% (0.00186)	8.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00036)	7.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-08/0122.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/issues/detail?id=212
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/14/1
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-08/0122.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/issues/detail?id=212		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/14/1		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 26, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 26, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4676

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4676

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4676