cve-2009-3289
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-22 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:22
Severity ?
Summary
The g_file_copy function in glib 2.0 sets the permissions of a target file to the permissions of a symbolic link (777), which allows user-assisted local users to modify files of other users, as demonstrated by using Nautilus to modify the permissions of the user home directory.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/39656Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/8Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/418135Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39656Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/8Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/418135Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593406Exploit, Issue Tracking
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