Iceweasel-firegpg up to 0.5 Temp File link following

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Iceweasel-firegpg up to 0.5. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Temp File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A symlink issue exists in Iceweasel-firegpg before 0.6 due to insecure tempfile handling.

The weakness was released 11/18/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-7273 since 01/14/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-146306, VDB-146601, VDB-147162 and VDB-147220.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Iceweasel-firegpg 0.6

Timelineinfo

01/14/2011 🔍
11/18/2019 +3230 days 🔍
11/19/2019 +1 days 🔍
02/23/2024 +1557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-tracker.debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7273 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2019 06:32
Updated: 02/23/2024 13:58
Changes: 11/19/2019 06:32 (36), 11/19/2019 06:37 (17), 02/23/2024 13:58 (4)
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