CVE-2012-5619: Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit: version 4.0.1 only

Published 2014-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.