CVE-2019-12779 (GCVE-0-2019-12779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-07 19:44 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:32
VLAI
Summary
libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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