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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung ML-85P Printer Driver up to 0.2.0 (Printing Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Temp File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
ml85p in Samsung ML-85G GDI printer driver before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
The weakness was released 07/17/2001 by Karol Wiesek (suid) with SNOSoft as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1177. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6845).
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Timeline
07/10/2001 🔍07/17/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: samsung.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Karol Wiesek (suid)
Organization: SNOSoft
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1177 (🔍)
X-Force: 6845 - Samsung ML-85G printer driver /tmp symlink
SecurityFocus: 3008 - Samsung ml85p Printer Utility Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/07/2014 13:31Updated: 04/08/2019 14:55
Changes: 07/07/2014 13:31 (61), 04/08/2019 14:55 (1)
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