Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:21200

Info

Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21200
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-6085
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 20 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:40PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Kile Kile 1.8
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Kile is prone to an insecure-file-permissions vulnerability because of a design flaw in the affected application.

An attacker could exploit this issue to access sensitive information that may aid in other attacks.

Versions prior to 1.9.3 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by using standard utilities to access the vulnerable file.

Solution / Fix

Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.9.3 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Kile Kile 1.8

References

Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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