ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:54025

Info

ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 54025
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-3345
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 14 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:24AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

The ioQuake3 Engine is prone to a vulnerability because it creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to perform symbolic-link attacks, overwriting arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.

Successfully mounting a symlink attack may allow the attacker to delete or corrupt sensitive files, which may result in a denial of service or the attacker gaining elevated privileges on the affected computer.

Exploit / POC

ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

ioQuake3 Engine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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