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sleuthkit — security advisory
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.
- Products
- sleuthkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.1.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-5619
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5619
sleuthkit
Fixed versions: 4.1.2-1
sleuthkit
Fixed versions: 4.1.2-1
sleuthkit
Fixed versions: 4.1.2-1
Complete source record
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"id": "291a8b5d742882f95e7e337b0c55ff39d2ea29fae86cb411146e81af1b506f28",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5619",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5619",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5619",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:29.769580005Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-5619"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5619"
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},
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417250,
"published_at": "2014-09-29T22:55:03.847+00:00"
}