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CVE-2001-0744: Undefined Security Weakness
Horde IMP 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on a temporary file...
CVE-1999-1036
COPS 1.04 allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in 1 resdiff, 2 ca.src, and 3 mail.chk...
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...
Dangerous temp file creation during installation of Netscape 6.
During installation of Netscape 6.01a for Solaris 2.7/8 Sparc, I noticed the file /tmp/admin.3842 was created with mode 644. As you already know if this package is installed by root in multiuser mode a malicious user could use this to overwrite system files etc.. Here is the dangerous code: grep...
patchadd.pl
Here is an exploit to an old bug for patchadd in Solaris. It exploits a symlink vulnerability to clobber files with output from patchadd. This was written and tested on Solaris 2.8 Sparc with the current patch cluster applied. -- Larry http://vapid.dhs.org:8080 !/usr/local/bin/perl Exploit for...
CVE-2001-0556
The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...
Aladdin Ghostscript creates insecure temporary files allowing a local user to create symbolic links to other files
Overview Alladin Ghostscript, a previewer for postscript files, creates temporary files with a predictable names. The creation allows attackers to use symbolic links to overwrite other files on the host. Description Alladin Ghostscript is a previewer for postscript files. It creates temporary fil...
CVE-2001-0556
The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...
CVE-2001-0605: Undefined Security Weakness
Headlight Software MyGetright prior to 1.0b allows a remote attacker to upload and/or overwrite arbitrary files via a malicious .dld skins-data file which contains long strings of random data...
CVE-2001-0556: Undefined Security Weakness
The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...
CVE-2001-0417
The CVE-2001-0417 entry concerns Kerberos 4 (krb4) where local users can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files. The connected records corroborate a local-privilege impact vector with a partial integrity impact, and a low overall CVSS score (2.1/10, AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/I:P/...
CVE-2001-0069
CVE-2001-0069 affects the Debian GNU/Linux package dialog prior to version 0.9a-20000118-3bis. The vulnerability is a symlink attack that allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue arises from a race condition involving symlinks, enabling manipulation of file targets by a non-pri...
CVE-2001-0059
CVE-2001-0059 : Solaris’s patchadd is vulnerable to a local symlink attack that allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. This affects the patchadd utility used on Solaris, with a CVSSv2 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM) and an impact of Confidentiality=Complete, Integrity=Complete, Availability...
CVE-2001-0222
CVE-2001-0222 affects Webmin 0.84 and earlier. The vulnerability is a local, file-overwrite via a symlink attack, enabling local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The available sources (NVD/CVE listing and Nessus plugin linking CVE-2001-0222 with Webmin 0.85+ family) con...
CVE-2001-0109
CVE-2001-0109 affects SuSE 7.0 and earlier, where the component rctab can be manipulated by a local user through a symlink attack on the temporary file rctmp , allowing creation or overwriting of arbitrary files. The vulnerability is due to insecure handling of temporary files leading to local pr...
CVE-2001-0117
CVE-2001-0117 concerns diffutils’ sdiff 2.7, where sdiff creates temporary files insecurely, enabling a local user to overwrite files via a symlink attack. The issue affects diffutils in affected distributions (e.g., Red Hat advisories note a temporary-file handling vulnerability in sdiff). Explo...
CVE-2001-0140
arpwatch 2.1a4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations...
CVE-2001-0118
CVE-2001-0118 affects rdist 6.1.5 and describes a local vulnerability where an attacker can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The Connected documents corroborate the issue as a local symlink-based overwrite vulnerability. No specific remediation, affected versions beyond 6.1.5, expl...