Vulnerability CVE-2011-0012
Published: 2011-04-18   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the usbrdrctl log file, which has a predictable name.

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Spice-xpi 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639869
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0899
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47269
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0426.html
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