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)

Binary data 2281.prm...

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

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-10 multi-gnome-terminal: Information leak multi-gnome-terminal contains debugging code that has been known to output active keystrokes to a potentially unsafe location. Output has been seen to show up in the...

CVE-2002-1518

mv in IRIX 6.5 creates a directory with world-writable permissions while moving a directory, which could allow local users to modify files and directories...

CVE-2001-0837

DeltaThree Pc-To-Phone 3.0.3 places sensitive data in world-readable locations in the installation directory, which allows local users to read the information in 1 temp.html, 2 the log folder, and 3 the PhoneBook folder...

CVE-2002-1392

faxspool in mgetty before 1.1.29 uses a world-writable spool directory for outgoing faxes, which allows local users to modify fax transmission privileges...

CVE-2001-1069

libCoolType library as used in Adobe Acrobat acroread on Linux creates the AdobeFnt.lst file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify the file and possibly modify acroread's behavior...

CVE-2003-0012

The data collection script for Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.5, 2.16.x before 2.16.2, and 2.17.x before 2.17.3 sets world-writable permissions for the data/mining directory when it runs, which allows local users to modify or delete the data...

CVE-2004-1367

Oracle 10g Database Server, when installed with a password that contains an exclamation point "!" for the 1 DBSNMP or 2 SYSMAN user, generates an error that logs the password in the world-readable postDBCreation.log file, which could allow local users to obtain that password and use it against SY...

mozilla -- insecure permissions for some downloaded files

In a Mozilla bug report, Daniel Kleinsinger writes: I was comparing treatment of attachments opened directly from emails on different platforms. I discovered that Linux builds save attachments in /tmp with world readable rights. This doesn't seem like a good thing. Couldn't someone else logged on...