CVE-2016-4323

A directory traversal exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an overwrite of files. A malicious server or someone with access to the network traffic can provide an invalid filename for a splash image...

CVE-2009-5080

The 1 contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, 2 contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and 3 contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff aka groff 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

CVE-2010-2056

GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file...

PT-2007-1934

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RubyGems versions prior to 0.9.1 Description The issue concerns the extract files function in installer.rb, which does not check whether files exist before overwriting them. This allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary...

CVE-2006-5705

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the 1 backup and 2 fragment parameters in a GET request...

Overwrite arbitrary files downloading .lnk twice — Mozilla

If a windows user can be convinced to download a .lnk file twice to the same location an attacker can overwrite essentially delete arbitrary files on the user's machine: the file referenced by the first .lnk will be overwritten by the second download rather than replacing the .lnk itself. On some...

USN-72-1: Perl vulnerabilities

Two exploitable vulnerabilities involving setuid-enabled perl scripts have been discovered. The package "perl-suid" provides a wrapper around perl which allows to use setuid-root perl scripts, i.e. user-callable Perl scripts which have full root privileges. Previous versions allowed users to...

[Full-Disclosure] QNX crrtrap arbitrary file read/write vulnerability [RLSA_06-2004]

rfdslabs security advisory Title: QNX crrtrap arbitrary file read/write vulnerability RLSA06-2004 Versions: QNX RTOS 2.4, 4.25, 6.1.0, 6.2.0 + Update Patch A Vendor: http://www.qnx.com Date: Dec 11 2004 Author: Julio Cesar Fort julio NOSPAM rfdslabs com br 1. Introduction crrtrap is a tool to...

CVE-2004-1277

The downloadselectionrecursive function in ftplist.c for IglooFTP 0.6.1 allows remote malicious FTP servers to overwrite arbitrary files via filenames that contain / slash characters...

CVE-2004-1276

IglooFTP 0.6.1, when recursively uploading a directory, allows local users to overwrite the files that are being uploaded by creating temporary files with names generated by the tmpnam function, before the files are opened by IglooFTP...

wget -- multiple vulnerabilities

Jan Minar reports that there exists multiple vulnerabilities in wget: Wget erroneously thinks that the current directory is a fair game, and will happily write in any file in and below it. Malicious HTTP response or malicious HTML file can redirect wget to a file that is vital to the system, and...

CVE-2004-0564

Roaring Penguin pppoe rp-ppoe, if installed or configured to run setuid root contrary to its design, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: the developer has publicly disputed the claim that this is a vulnerability because pppoe "is NOT designed to run setuid-root." Therefore this...

Debian DSA-574-1 : cabextract - missing directory sanitising

The upstream developers discovered a problem in cabextract, a tool to extract cabinet files. The program was able to overwrite files in upper directories. This could lead an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...

Debian DSA-557-1 : rp-pppoe - missing privilege dropping

Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet driver from Roaring Penguin. When the program is running setuid root which is not the case in a default Debian installation, an attacker could overwrite any file on the file system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

GLSA-200410-18 : Ghostscript: Insecure temporary file use in multiple scripts

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-18 Ghostscript: Insecure temporary file use in multiple scripts The pj-gs.sh, ps2epsi, pv.sh and sysvlp.sh scripts create temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker coul...

Debian DSA-553-1 : getmail - symlink vulnerability

A security problem has been discovered in getmail, a POP3 and APOP mail gatherer and forwarder. An attacker with a shell account on the victims host could utilise getmail to overwrite arbitrary files when it is running as root. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Debian DSA-339-1 : semi - insecure temporary file

NOTE: due to a combination of administrative problems, this advisory was erroneously released with the identifier 'DSA-337-1'. DSA-337-1 correctly refers to an earlier advisory regarding gtksee. semi, a MIME library for GNU Emacs, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating...

CVE-2004-0064

The SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem script for YaST in SuSE 9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files within the tmp.SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem.$RANDOM temporary directory...

unzip vulnerability patched

Upgraded infozip packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a specially crafted archive may overwrite files including system files anywhere on the filesystem upon extraction by a user with sufficient permissions. For more information, see:...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated ddskk packages fix temporary file vulnerability

Updated ddskk packages which fix a temporary file security issue are now available. Daredevil SKK is a simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, an input method of Japanese for Emacs and XEmacs. ddskk does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could...