CVE-2001-0406

Samba before 2.2.0 allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using 1 a printer queue query, 2 the more command in smbclient, or 3 the mput command in smbclient...

CVE-2001-0384

ppd in Reliant Sinix allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack in the /tmp/ppd.trace file...

CVE-2001-0417

Kerberos 4 aka krb4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files...

CVE-2001-0474

Utah-glx in Mesa before 3.3-14 on Mandrake Linux 7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/glxmemory file...

CVE-2001-0906

teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr...

CVE-2001-1276

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file...

CVE-2001-0409

vim aka gvim allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory...

man 'makewhatis' insecurely uses /tmp

Overview The 'makewhatis' script in the Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. Description The 'makewhatis' program is a Bourne shell script that ships with many Linux distributions in the 'man' package of programs. The 'makewhatis' script creates files in t...

[SECURITY] [DSA-059-1] man-db symlink attack

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-059-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman June 12, 2001 -...

[SECURITY] [DSA-059-1] man-db symlink attack

Package : man-db Problem type : symlink attack Debian-specific: no Luki R. reported a bug in man-db: it did handle nested calls of dropeffectiveprivs and regaineffectiveprivs correctly which would cause it to regain privileges to early. This could be abused to make man create files as user man...

CVE-2001-1256

kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the 1 /tmp/.kmmodreglock and 2 /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files...

[RHSA-2001:074-03] Updated ispell packages available for Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.2

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated ispell packages available for Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.2 Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:074-03 Issue date: 2001-05-30 Updated on: 2001-06-04 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: ispe...

CVE-2001-0300

oidldapd 2.1.1.1 in Oracle 8.1.7 records log files in a directory ldaplog that has world-writable permissions, which may allow local users to delete logs and/or overwrite other files via a symlink attack...

Due to insecure creation of configuration files via KApplication-class, local users can create arbitrary files when running setuid root KDE programs

Overview KApplication-class, a class used to create KDE applications, creates configuration files without checking for proper ownership or prior existence. Description KApplication-class, a class used to create KDE applications, creates configuration files. These files are created in a local...

KDE KFM creates temporary files insecurely

Overview KDE's kfm creates and uses temporary cache directories insecurely. Description kfm, the KDE File Manager, creates a cache directory for each user. This directory is placed in /tmp and predictably named, based on the UID. These directories are created without checking for correct ownershi...

CVE-2001-0406

Samba before 2.2.0 allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using 1 a printer queue query, 2 the more command in smbclient, or 3 the mput command in smbclient...

CVE-2001-0417

Kerberos 4 aka krb4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files...

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-2001-0384

ppd in Reliant Sinix allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack in the /tmp/ppd.trace file...

CVE-2001-0384

The CVE-2001-0384 issue affects Reliant Sinix’s ppd component, where a local user can exploit a symlink in the /tmp/ppd.trace file to corrupt arbitrary files. The exists description confirms a local attack via a symlink; no exploit details or affected versions are provided. The provided documents...