CVE-2016-3992 (GCVE-0-2016-3992)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2016-04-10 00:00
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