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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugs.debian.org/888097 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 | Third Party Advisory Patch |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-01-25T03:00:00
Updated: 2019-04-04T23:06:04
Reserved: 2018-01-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6198
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-25T03:29:00.697
Modified: 2023-12-29T18:38:04.570
Link: CVE-2018-6198
JSON object: View
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CWE