CVE-2003-0207

CVE-2003-0207 affects the ps2epsi component in gs-common. The root cause is insecure creation of temporary files when ps2epsi invokes ghostscript, which can allow a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. The vulnerability is documented in Debian DSA-286-1 and is reflected in multiple feeds ...

CVE-2002-0174

IRIX nsd symlink vulnerability (CVE-2002-0174): on SGI IRIX versions prior to 6.5.11, nsd can be tricked via a symlink attack on /var/tmp/nsd.dump to damage/modify the dump file when the nsd process receives USR1. Local users could potentially gain root privileges. The advisory fixes/change is to...

CVE-2001-1085

CVE-2001-1085 concerns Lmail 2.7 and earlier. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on a temporary file, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files. The reports indicate local access is required; impact is partial on confidentiality, integrity, and availability per the provided me...

CVE-2002-0044

CVE-2002-0044 affects GNU Enscript up to version 1.6.1. The vulnerability arises from insecure handling of temporary files (symlink-based attack), enabling local users to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the Enscript user. Public references in Debian DSA-105-1, Mandrake MDKSA-2002:010, and (old...

Multiple vulnerabilities in QNX

I think I found what appears to be several or one fundamental vulnerabilities under QNXtested on version 4.25. I have not found any documentation/reference to these anywhere, so I assume they/it were not known. Importance of the bug: any local user can gain root accesswhich, under QNX, means root...

Caldera OpenServer 5.0.5/5.0.6 - SCOAdmin Symbolic Link

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4875/info A vulnerability has been reported in the scoadmin utility that may allow a local attacker to overwrite any file. The vulnerability is due to the predictable naming of temporary files used by scoadmin. When writing to temporary files, there are n...

CVE-2002-0137

CDRDAO 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the $HOME/.cdrdao configuration file...

CVE-2001-0774

Tripwire 1.3.1, 2.2.1 and 2.3.0 are vulnerable to a local symlink attack that can overwrite arbitrary files in /tmp and may enable privilege escalation. Root cause: temporary files are opened/created without O_EXCL and with predictable names, allowing a non-privileged local attacker to redirect d...

CVE-1999-1332

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file...

CVE-2001-1041

CVE-2001-1041 affects Oracle 8.0.x, 8.1.x, and 9.0.1. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on an Oracle log trace (.trc) file that is created in an alternate home directory identified by ORACLE_HOME, enabling local users to overwrite arbitrary files. The root cause is the mishandling of...

script.command.txt

------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Silly hardlink vulnerability in UNIX 'script' command Linux version maintainer: Andries Brouwer [email protected] Bug found by: Marco van Berkum [email protected] Date: 17-12-2001 Priority: low...

CVE-2001-0841

Directory traversal vulnerability in Search.cgi in Ikonboard ib219 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite files and gain privileges via .. dot dot sequences in the amembernamecookie cookie...

CVE-2001-0842

Directory traversal vulnerability in Search.cgi in Leoboard LB5000 LB5000II 1029 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite files and gain privileges via .. dot dot sequences in the amembernamecookie cookie...

CVE-2001-0842

The CVE-2001-0842 entry describes a directory traversal in Search.cgi on Leoboard LB5000/LB5000II (versions up to 1029 and earlier). The vulnerability occurs via .. sequences in the amembernamecookie cookie, enabling remote attackers to overwrite files and gain privileges. Affected component: Sea...

CVE-2001-0832

Vulnerability in Oracle 8.0.x through 9.0.1 on Unix allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, possibly via a symlink attack or incorrect file permissions in 1 the ORACLEHOME/rdbms/log directory or 2 an alternate directory as specified in the ORACLEHOME environmental variable, aka the "Orac...

CVE-2001-0774

Tripwire 1.3.1, 2.2.1 and 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possible gain privileges via a symbolic link attack on temporary files...

CVE-2001-0736

Vulnerability in 1 pine before 4.33 and 2 the pico editor, included with pine, allows local users local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-0744

Summary: CVE-2001-0744 affects Horde IMP 2.2.4 and earlier. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on a temporary file that allows local users to overwrite files. The impact is limited to local integrity (partial) with no confidentiality or availability impact stated, according to the pro...

CVE-1999-1299

CVE-1999-1299 concerns rcp on various Linux systems, including Red Hat 4.0. Root cause: UID 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and related system calls, causing ownership changes to fail and potentially allow a nobody or UID 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files. Impact: writable/overwritable files...

CVE-1999-1210

Affected software: xterm on Digital UNIX 4.0B with patch kit 5. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on a core-dump file created when xterm is invoked with DISPLAY set to an inaccessible display. Local attackers can use this to overwrite arbitrary files. The description does not provide...