Description
imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263Patch
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 31, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified