Vulnerability CVE-2008-1687
Published: 2008-04-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.

Type:

CWE-DesignError

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> M4 

 References:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41706
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688
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