CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5355
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.
Affected configurations
• bryce harrington xdiagnose (<= 2.5)
• bryce harrington xdiagnose 0.2-0ubuntu2
• bryce harrington xdiagnose 1.6
• bryce harrington xdiagnose 1.6.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/85882 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50854 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/85882 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50854 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com