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HistoryJan 24, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2018-6198

2018-01-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
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4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m
directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink
attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu17.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%