CVE-2006-6382 (GCVE-0-2006-6382)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-07 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:26
VLAI?
Summary
The control panel for Positive Software H-Sphere before 2.5.0 RC3 creates log files in a user's directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/23199 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21436 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public ?
2006-12-05 00:00
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