CVE-2011-0441 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

The Debian GNU/Linux /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/.

The Debian GNU/Linux /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2011-03-29 18:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:33:00

Affected Software

PHP 5.3.5

5.3.5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618489

Patch

http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-php/php.git;a=commit;h=d09fd04ed7bfcf7f008360c6a42025108925df09

Patch

MDVSA-2011:069

46928

ADV-2011-0910

php-php5common-file-deletion(66180)

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