CVE-2006-4233 | BDVDB-2026-18733 Detail

Description#

Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290
http://secunia.com/advisories/21516
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-08-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.