CVE-2018-6198
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-6198 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2018-01-25 03:29:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-12-29 18:38:00 UTC |
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| 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. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| #888097 - w3m: CVE-2018-6198: insecure temporary files creation when ~/.w3m is unwritable - Debian Bug report logs |
CONFIRM |
bugs.debian.org |
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| w3m CVE-2018-6198 Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| USN-3555-2: w3m vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices |
UBUNTU |
usn.ubuntu.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Make temporary directory safely when ~/.w3m is unwritable (18dcbadf) · Commits · Debian / w3m · GitLab |
CONFIRM |
salsa.debian.org |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Make temporary directory safely when ~/.w3m is unwritable · tats/w3m@18dcbad · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices |
UBUNTU |
usn.ubuntu.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1142-1: moderate: Security update f |
SUSE |
lists.opensuse.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 501271 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m
