CVE-2018-6198 | BDVDB-2026-95752 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.