Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

BID:55053

Info

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 55053
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 16 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 16 2012 12:00AM
Credit: Alexander Pruss
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch is prone to multiple insecure temporary-file-creation vulnerabilities.

Successfully exploiting the temporary-file-creation issues allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files and to perform symbolic-link attacks in the context of the affected device. Other attacks may also be possible.

Exploit / POC

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

An attacker can use readily available commands to launch attacks.

Solution / Fix

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

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

References

Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

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