CVE-2004-0283

CVE-2004-0283 affects Mailmgr 1.2.3, where local users can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack against /tmp/mailmgr.unsort, /tmp/mailmgr.tmp, or /tmp/mailmgr.sort. The root cause is improper handling of temporary files that allows a local attacker to leverage symlinks to redirect file ...

CVE-2004-0279

AIM Sniff (aimSniff.pl) 0.9b is affected. A local user can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/AS.log, indicating a local file overwrite vulnerability in this tool. The provided connected documents confirm the affected component and the root cause (symlink leading to /tmp/AS.lo...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: sysstat security update

Updated sysstat packages that fix various bugs and security issues are now available. Sysstat is a tool for gathering system statistics. Isag is a utility for graphically displaying these statistics. A bug was found in the Red Hat sysstat package post and trigger scripts, which used insecure...

CVE-2003-0924

netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

CVE-2003-1294

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in 1 driver/passwd-kerberos.c, 2 driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, 3 driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the 4 vidwhacker and 5 webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2003-0885

Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the 1 apple2, 2 xanalogtv, and 3 pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2003-0872

Certain scripts in OpenServer before 5.0.6 allow local users to overwrite files and conduct other unauthorized activities via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2003-0844

modgzip 1.3.26.1a and earlier, and possibly later official versions, when running in debug mode without the Apache log, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via 1 a symlink attack on predictable temporary filenames on Unix systems, or 2 an NTFS hard link on Windows systems when the...

CVE-2003-0656

CVE-2003-0656 affects eroaster; a local user can overwrite arbitrary files by exploiting a symlink attack on the temporary lockfile used during operation. Public advisories (Debian DSA-366-1 and related entries) describe the issue as insecure temporary file creation. The vulnerability is fixed in...

CVE-2003-0455

The imagemagick libmagick library 5.5 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files...

CVE-2002-1502

Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's .breakyhighscores file to the target file...

CVE-2002-1508

slapd in OpenLDAP2 OpenLDAP 2 2.2.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition during the creation of a log file for rejected replication requests...

CVE-2002-2051

The processorweb plugin for ModLogAn 0.5.0 through 0.7.11, when used with the splitby option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files specified as hostnames in a log file...

Unauthorized access in OpenVMS POP3 server

It's possible to overwrite local file by specifing it as a log file...

OpenVMS POP server local vulnerability

Akita Security Advisory 27/09/2002 OpenVMS UCX$POPSERVER.EXE vulnerability Advisory: http://www.akita-security.co.uk/VMS/ucxpopserver.txt VMS security tool http://www.akita-security.co.uk/stoat Overview ======== UCX is the main TCP/IP stack for OpenVMS. Akita Security have discovered a...

CVE-2001-1276

The CVE-2001-1276 vulnerability affects ispell prior to 3.1.20. A local user can exploit a race condition by symlinking a temporary file used by ispell, allowing overwrite of another user’s files. Root cause: ispell used mktemp() for temp files; patches switch to mkstemp() and revise input handli...

Acrobat reader 4.05 temporary files

------------------------------------------------------------ Insecure temporary files in Acrobat Reader 4.05 [email protected] $Date: 2002/06/20 07:21:29 $ ------------------------------------------------------------ Author: Jarno Huuskonen [email protected] Discovered: Wed 18 Jul 2001...

CVE-2001-1331

CVE-2001-1331 affects the man-db package’s mandb tool. The vulnerability exists in mandb before version 2.3.16-3, where invoking mandb with -u or -c does not drop privileges and does not drop file-system symlinks, enabling local users to overwrite arbitrary files. Impact is local, potentially ena...

CVE-1999-1037

rex.satan in SATAN 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rex.$$ file...

[PTL-2002-01] Vulnerabilities in Oracle9iAS Web Cache

PenTest Limited www.pentest-limited.com Security Advisory Vulnerabilities in Oracle9iAS Web Cache Author: Mark Rowe [email protected] Pete Finnigan [email protected] Date: 7th January 2002 Reference: ptl-2002-01...