Where
AND
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
2.1
Input Validation
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

First published (updated )
Severity
1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability in exuberant-ctags before 3.2.4-0.1 insecurely creates temporary files.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability in crontab allows local users to read crontab files of other users by replacing the temporary file that is being edited while crontab is running.

First published (updated )
Severity
1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

privatepw program in wu-ftpd before 2.6.1-6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.3
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

htpasswd and htdigest in Apache 2.0a9, 1.3.14, and others allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

First published (updated )
Severity
1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

exmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file.

First published (updated )
Severity
1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

inn 2.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

dialog before 0.9a-20000118-3bis in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.

First published (updated )

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