cmd/go: cmd/go: Arbitrary file write via malicious pkg-config directive

A flaw was found in cmd/go. An attacker can exploit this by building a malicious Go source file that uses the 'cgo pkg-config:' directive. This allows the attacker to write to an arbitrary file with partial control over its content, by providing a '--log-file' argument to the pkg-config command...

AZL-78935 CVE-2025-61731 affecting package golang 1.25.7-1

Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a...

CVE-2007-6211

Send ICMP Nasty Garbage sing on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to append to arbitrary files and gain privileges via the -L output log file option. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability in limited environments, since sing is not installed setuid, and the administrator would need to overrid...

CVE-2004-2070

The Altiris Client Service for Windows 5.6 SP1 Hotfix E 5.6.181 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by opening the AClient tray icon and using the View Log File option, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1590...

CVE-2001-0667: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, when used with the Telnet client in Services for Unix SFU 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute commands by spawning Telnet with a log file option on the command line and writing arbitrary code into an executable file which is later executed, aka a new variant o...