AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:12128

Info

AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12128
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 29 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 29 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: aStats aStats 1.6.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

A local temporary file creation vulnerability reportedly affects aStats. This issue is due to a failure of the application to create and write to temporary files in a secure manner.

An attacker may leverage this issue to write to arbitrary files on the affected computer with the privileges of the unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable utility.

Exploit / POC

AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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