CVE-2005-0712

Mac OS X before 10.3.8 users world-writable permissions for certain directories, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly via the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles...

portupgrade -- insecure temporary file handling vulnerability

Simon L. Nielsen discovered that portupgrade handles temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow an unprivileged local attacker to execute arbitrary commands or overwrite arbitrary files with the permissions of the user running portupgrade, typically root, by way of a symlink attack...

CVE-2005-0712

Mac OS X before 10.3.8 users world-writable permissions for certain directories, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly via the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles...

CVE-2005-0712

CVE-2005-0712 affects Apple Mac OS X before 10.3.8, where world-writable permissions on certain directories could allow local users to gain privileges, possibly via the receipt cache or ColorSync profiles. The issue is documented across multiple sources (NVD/NVD clone, Red Hat CVE entry, and Seeb...

CVE-2005-0627

Qt before 3.3.4 searches the BUILDPREFIX directory, which could be world-writable, to load shared libraries regardless of the LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs...

HP-UX PHSS_24608 : s700_800 11.00 AudioSubsystem July 2001 Periodic Patch

s700800 11.00 AudioSubsystem July 2001 Periodic Patch : The remote HP-UX host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - The Audio Security File is world-writable. - Certain files used by the asecure program have unsafe permissions. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

security flaw

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack...

CVE-2005-0444

VMware before 4.5.2.8848-r5 searches for gdk-pixbuf shared libraries using a path that includes the rrdharan world-writable temporary directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code...

VMWare virtual machine privilege escalation

Dynamic libraries are searched in world writable directory...

CVE-2005-0444

VMware before 4.5.2.8848-r5 searches for gdk-pixbuf shared libraries using a path that includes the rrdharan world-writable temporary directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code...

security flaw

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack...

newsgrab -- insecure file and directory creation

The newsgrab script uses insecure permissions during the creation of the local output directory and downloaded files. After a file is created, permissions on it are set using the mode value of the newsgroup posting. This can potentially be a problem when the mode is not restrictive enough. In...

CVE-2004-2615

The documentation for CuteNews 1.3.6 and possibly other versions specifies that files under cutenews/data must be manually given world-writable permissions, which allows local users to insert false news, delete news, and possibly gain privileges or have other unknown impact...

CVE-2004-2303

MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files...

CVE-2004-0952

HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23, when running Ignite-UX and using the addnewclient command, causes the TFTP server to set world-writable permissions on part of the directory tree, which allows remote attackers to modify data or cause disk consumption...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303

MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files...

perl -- File::Path insecure file/directory permissions

Jeroen van Wolffelaar reports that the Perl module File::Path contains a race condition wherein traversed directories and files are temporarily made world-readable/writable...

CVE-2004-1778

Skype 0.92.0.12 and 1.0.0.1 for Linux, and possibly other versions, creates the /usr/share/skype/lang directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify language files and possibly conduct social engineering or other attacks...

GLSA-200412-05 : mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-05 mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation Ervin Nemeth discovered that mirrorselect creates temporary files in world-writable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links...

Perl: Insecure temporary file creation

Background Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall. Description Some Perl modules create temporary files in world-writable directories with predictable names. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a...