Vulnerability CVE-2008-4191
Published: 2008-09-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.6/10
9.2/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Emacspeak inc -> Emacspeak 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45237
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
http://secunia.com/advisories/31880
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
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