CVE-2016-9595

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-377CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 27, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9595: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix