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cdwrite Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10392
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Release Date:
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2003-12-09
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Popularity:
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4,906 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | cdwrite 1.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in cdwrite, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to insecure creation of a temporary file ("/tmp/.tempfile"), which can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite, create, and delete files on the system with the privileges of a user invoking cdwrite.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Shaun Colley
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