CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-1892
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-04-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Description
avast! 4 Linux Home Edition 1.0.5 allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/_avast4_ temporary directory.
Affected configurations
• alwil avast antivirus 1.0.5
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19683 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/712 securityreason.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/764 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431019/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17535 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1387 www.vupen.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19683 secunia.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/712 securityreason.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/764 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431019/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17535 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1387 www.vupen.com