CVE-2015-9267 - Improper Access Control

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 uses temporary folder locations that allow unprivileged local users to overwrite files. This allows a local attack in which either a plugin or the uninstaller can be replaced by a Trojan horse program.

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 uses temporary folder locations that allow unprivileged local users to overwrite files. This allows a local attack in which either a plugin or the uninstaller can be replaced by a Trojan horse program.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-10-01 08:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-03-05 18:29:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

References

[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1602-1] nsis security update

Third Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/

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