Vulnerability CVE-2009-1215
Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.

Type:

CWE-362

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
GNU -> Gnu screen 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49887
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
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