INFORMATION

Name : CVE-2008-4983 First Publication : 2008-11-06
Severity : Medium Last Modification : 2009-09-15

SCORING CVSS v2

Cvss Base Score : 6.9 Attack Range : Local
Cvss Impact Score : 10 Attack Complexity : Medium
Cvss Expoit Score : 3.4 Authentification : None Required

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DETAIL

scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.



CWE COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE COMMON PLATFORM ENUMERATION


OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILTY DATABASE (OSVDB)

49646 : scilab-bin scidem Multiple Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite.
49645 : scilab-bin scidoc Multiple Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite.
49644 : scilab-bin scilink Multiple Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite.


SECONDARY(S) SOURCE(S)


Source : BID
Url : http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30968

Source : CONFIRM
Url : http://bugs.debian.org/496414
Url : http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/scilab-bin
Url : https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Source : GENTOO
Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-14.xml

Source : MISC
Url : http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

Source : MLIST
Url : http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

Source : SECUNIA
Url : http://secunia.com/advisories/33630

Source : XF
Url : http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44883