CVE-2013-0350 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

tmp_smtp.c in pktstat 1.8.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/smtp.log.

tmp_smtp.c in pktstat 1.8.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/smtp.log.

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 10 years ago

2014-05-05 17:06:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-05-05 17:27:00

Affected Software

David Leonard pkstat 1.8.5

1.8.5

References

90588

[oss-security] 20130222 CVE-2013-0350 for pktstat: writes content from TCP streams to public readable file /tmp/smtp.log

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701211

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