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A vulnerability was found in DGen Emulator up to 1.23. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file romload.c of the component gzip. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
romload.c in DGen Emulator 1.23 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files during decompression of (1) gzip or (2) bzip ROM files.
The weakness was released 01/10/2005 by Joey Hess (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0770 since 08/03/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
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 (16884).
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/03/2004 🔍08/04/2004 🔍
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03/10/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: secunia.com⛔Researcher: Joey Hess
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0770 (🔍)
X-Force: 16884 - DGen ROM decompression symlink attack
SecurityFocus: 10855 - DGen Emulator Symbolic Link Vulnerability
Secunia: 12214 - DGen Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability, Less Critical
Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 12:14Updated: 07/19/2017 10:06
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (52), 07/19/2017 10:06 (7)
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