CVE-2009-4193 (GCVE-0-2009-4193)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2320 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://osvdb.org/58389 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548546 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36897 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2009-09-27 00:00
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