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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mlink (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:
TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.
The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 by Shaun Colley (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1894 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as highly functional.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15728).
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Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Status: Highly functional
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comResearcher: Shaun Colley
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-1894 (🔍)
X-Force: 15728 - texutil symlink attack
SecurityTracker: 1009661 - TeXUtil Temporary File Symlink Flaw May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
SecurityFocus: 10042 - Context Texutil Insecure Temporary Log File Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 15:52Updated: 07/16/2017 13:36
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (50), 07/16/2017 13:36 (6)
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