The CD-burning feature in backup-manager 0.5.8 and earlier uses a fixed filename in a world-writable directory for logging, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
References
Link Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-787 Patch Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2022-10-03T16:22:42

Updated: 2022-10-03T16:22:42

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2005-1856

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2005-08-30T11:45:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:50:16.493


Link: CVE-2005-1856

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