Vulnerability CVE-2005-0990
Published: 2005-05-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
GNU -> Sharutils 

 References:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613
https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/
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