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CVE-2002-2001
jmcce 1.3.8 in Mandrake 8.1 creates log files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...
CVE-2002-2001
The CVE relates to jmcce 1.3.8 on Mandrake 8.1. It creates log files in /tmp with predictable names, enabling a local user to perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files. Root-level risk is implied by Mandrake advisory context (jmcce runs with elevated privileges and writes logs to a wo...
Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : jmcce (MDKSA-2002:008)
A problem exists in the jmcce program that is used for Chinese text on the console. jmcce is installed setuid root and places log files in /tmp; because jmcce does not perform suitable checking on the files it writes to and because it uses a predictable logfile name, an attacker could exploit thi...
