Vulnerability CVE-2008-4971
Published: 2008-11-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Align.bmr.kyushu-u.ac -> Mafft 

 References:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44825
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30915
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft
http://bugs.debian.org/496366
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