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GSD-2022-38699

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19
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Armoury Crate Service’s logging function has insufficient validation to check if the log file is a symbolic link. A physical attacker with general user privilege can modify the log file property to a symbolic link that points to arbitrary system file, causing the logging function to overwrite the system file and disrupt the system.
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CVE-2022-38699
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