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GHSA-GVRG-2XVQ-7J38

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:53 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:53

Details

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Severity ?

4.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2018-6198 (GCVE-0-2018-6198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-25 03:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54

Summary

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cd…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcba…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

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CVE-2018-6198 (GCVE-0-2018-6198)

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