CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2944
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The perform_file_save function in GNOME Workstation Command Center (gwcc) 0.9.6 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gwcc_out.txt temporary file.
Affected configurations
• brent ely gnome workstation command center (<= 0.9.6)
• brent ely gnome workstation command center 0.9.8
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16833 secunia.com
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16833 secunia.com
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt Vendor Advisory