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-2004-0952

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...

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...

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...

Oracle clear text passwords (#NISR2122004D)

NGSSoftware Insight Security Research Advisory Name: Oracle 10g clear text passwords Systems Affected: Oracle 10g on all operating systems Severity: Medium Risk Vendor URL: http://www.oracle.com/ Author: David Litchfield davidl at ngssoftware.com Relates to:...

CVE-2004-0563

The tspc.conf configuration file in freenet6 before 0.9.6 and before 1.0 on Debian Linux has world readable permissions, which could allow local users to gain sensitive information, such as a username and password...

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...

SharePoint information leak

During installation text file with cleartext password is created in world readable folder...

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...

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...

[SA13321] Groupmax World Wide Web Cross-Site Scripting and Directory Traversal

TITLE: Groupmax World Wide Web Cross-Site Scripting and Directory Traversal SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA13321 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/13321/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: From remote SOFTWARE: Groupmax World Wide W...

WinFTP weak encryption

Cleartext passwords are stored in the world readable file...

rockdodger -- buffer overflows

The environment variable HOME is copied without regard to buffer size, which can be used to gain elevated privilege if the binary is installed setgid games, and a string is read from the high score file without bounds check. The port installs the binary without setgid, but with a world-writable...

GLSA-200410-10 : gettext: Insecure temporary file handling

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-10 gettext: Insecure temporary file handling gettext insecurely creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

An updated ruby package that fixes insecure file permissions for CGI session files is now available. Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming. Andres Salomon reported an insecure file permissions flaw in the CGI session management of Ruby. FileStore created world...

DSA-555-1 freenet6 - file permissions

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Mozilla/Firefox Linux Installation Arbitrary File Overwrite (deprecated)

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[ GLSA 200409-10 ] multi-gnome-terminal: Information leak

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