CVE-2008-0666 (GCVE-0-2008-0666)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-11 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Website META Language (WML) 2.0.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the /tmp/pe.tmp.$$ temporary file used by wml_contrib/wmg.cgi and (2) temporary files used by wml_backend/p3_eperl/eperl_sys.c.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27685 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29353 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1492 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28829 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463907 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28856 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-23.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2008-02-08 00:00
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