OpenOffice senddoc Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability (Linux)
🗓️ 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbHType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-4937 | 5 Nov 200814:51 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-4937 | 5 Nov 200814:51 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2008-4916 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| GLSA-200812-13 : OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities | 15 Dec 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openoffice.org (MDVSA-2009:070) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : openoffice.org, openoffice.org-amd64 vulnerabilities (USN-677-1) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : openoffice.org-l10n update (USN-677-2) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities | 12 Dec 200800:00 | – | gentoo | |
| CVE-2008-4937 | 5 Nov 200815:00 | – | nvd | |
| Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-13 (openoffice openoffice-bin) | 23 Dec 200800:00 | – | openvas |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_openoffice_senddoc_tmp_file_creation_vuln_lin.nasl 7823 2017-11-20 08:54:04Z cfischer $
#
# OpenOffice senddoc Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Veerendra GG <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################
tag_impact = "Successful exploitation allows attackers to delete or corrupt
sensitive files, which may result in a denial of service condtion.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "The flaw exists due to OpenOffice 'senddoc' which creates temporary files
in an insecure manner, which allows users to overwrite files via a symlink
attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade OpenOffice to higher version.
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html";
tag_summary = "The host has OpenOffice installed and is prone to Insecure
Temporary File Creation Vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800129);
script_version("$Revision: 7823 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-11-20 09:54:04 +0100 (Mon, 20 Nov 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-11 09:00:11 +0100 (Tue, 11 Nov 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4937");
script_bugtraq_id(30925);
script_name("OpenOffice senddoc Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability (Linux)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Remote file access");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("login/SSH/success");
script_exclude_keys("ssh/no_linux_shell");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("ssh_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection();
if(!sock){
exit(0);
}
filePath = find_file(file_name:"versionrc", file_path:"/", sock:sock);
foreach path (filePath)
{
path = chomp(path);
if("openoffice" >!< path){
continue;
}
openoffVer = get_bin_version(full_prog_name:"cat", version_argv:path,
ver_pattern:"[0-9]\.[0-9](\.[0-9])?");
if(openoffVer != NULL)
{
if(openoffVer[0] == "2.4.1"){
security_message(0);
}
ssh_close_connection();
exit(0);
}
}
ssh_close_connection();
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20 Nov 2017 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
EPSS0.00446