Vulnerability CVE-2008-2266
Published: 2008-05-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Uudeview -> Uudeview 
Nzbget -> Nzbget 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42407
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31420
http://secunia.com/advisories/30171
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
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