CVE - CVE-2018-6198

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-6198	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BID:102855 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/888097 CONFIRM:https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 CONFIRM:https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1142 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html UBUNTU:USN-3555-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3555-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180124	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180124)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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