CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:11560

Info

CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11560
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0193
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for disclosure of this issue is currently unknown; these issues were disclosed in the referenced Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: Free Software Foundation CatDoc 0.91.5
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

catdoc xlsview is affected by a local insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existence of a temporary file prior to writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to corrupt arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user running the vulnerable application. It is possible that this issue may be leveraged to escalate privileges, although this is not confirmed.

Exploit / POC

CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian Linux has released advisory DSA 575-1 along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Free Software Foundation CatDoc 0.91.5

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CatDoc XLSView Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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