Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:12979

Info

Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12979
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0387
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 04 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Jens Steube is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.13 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.12 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.11 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.10 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.9 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.8 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.7 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.6 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0.5 a
Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0 a4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

A local insecure file creation vulnerability affects Remstats. This issue is due to a design error that causes a file to be insecurely opened or created and subsequently written to.

An attacker may leverage this issue to corrupt arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the affected application.

Exploit / POC

Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian Linux has released an advisory (DSA 704-1) dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Remstats Network Analysis Utility 1.0 a4

References

Remstats Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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