Code injection

The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script...

CVE-2008-0217

FreeBSD CVE-2008-0217 describes two pty handling flaws in openpty/ptsname that allow a non‑root user to snoop or hijack a tty: when openpty is called by openpty, the new pty is world‑readable/writable; ptsname returns potentially invalid device names used by pt_chown to transfer ownership. Affect...

CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named...

Input validation

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named...

CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named...

CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named...

CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named...

CVE-2002-2301

Lawson Financials 8.0, when configured to use a third party relational database, stores usernames and passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read the passwords and log onto the database...

clipboard bug.txt

The clipboard in QNX is world readable and writable. Although the folder containing the file is not readable for normal users the filename convention is predictable, see "clipboard bug.jpg" bash-2.05a$ ls -l /var/clipboard/muh/00000000/TTSHEOAA552983 -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 78 Jan 04 16:27...

Debian DSA-1062-1 : kphone - insecure file creation

Sven Dreyer discovered that KPhone, a Voice over IP client for KDE, creates a configuration file world-readable, which could leak sensitive information like SIP passwords. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fr...

AuditWizard information leak

Administrator password is logged into world-readable log file...

VMware ESX Server management interface logs passwords in cleartext in a world-readable file

Overview Certain versions of VMware ESX Server store passwords in a cleartext file that all users have read permissions to. Description Per the VMware ESX Server datasheet:ESX Server installs directly on the server hardware, or “bare metal,” and inserts a robust virtualization layer between the...

CVE-2006-3495

AFP Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 stores reconnect keys in a world-readable file, which allows local users to obtain the keys and access files and folders of other users...

CVE-2006-3495

AFP Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 stores reconnect keys in a world-readable file, which allows local users to obtain the keys and access files and folders of other users...

Weak Mercury Messenger permissions

Chat log director yis world-readable...

Mercury Messenger

Problem description: Mercury Messenger, http://www.mercury.to/, is a java based messenger that will allow it's users to chat with MSN users. Currently it has been noted by two people that on a multi user OS X platform it is possible to read the chat logs from other users. The user specific...

CVE-2006-3669

Mercury Messenger, possibly 1.7.1.1 and other versions, when running on a multi-user Mac OS X platform, stores chat logs with world-readable permissions within the /Users directory, which allows local users to read the chat logs from other users...

CVE-2006-3669

Mercury Messenger, possibly 1.7.1.1 and other versions, when running on a multi-user Mac OS X platform, stores chat logs with world-readable permissions within the /Users directory, which allows local users to read the chat logs from other users...

CVE-2006-2752

The RedCarpet /etc/ximian/rcd.conf configuration file in Novell Linux Desktop 9 and SUSE SLES 9 has world-readable permissions, which allows attackers to obtain the rc RedCarpet password...

Design/Logic Flaw

The RedCarpet /etc/ximian/rcd.conf configuration file in Novell Linux Desktop 9 and SUSE SLES 9 has world-readable permissions, which allows attackers to obtain the rc RedCarpet password...