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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Krzysztof Kozlowski konwert 1.8. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Filters. 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:
filters/any-UTF8 in konwert 1.8 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/any-##### temporary file.
The weakness was presented 11/06/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4964 since 11/06/2008. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 (44821). See 44966, 44935, 44934 and 44933 for similar entries.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1
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Exploiting
Class: Link followingCWE: CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/24/2008 🔍11/06/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: bugs.gentoo.orgStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4964 (🔍)
X-Force: 44821 - Debian konwert-filters any-UTF8 symlink
SecurityFocus: 30914 - Debian konwert-filters 'filters/any-UTF8' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 10/13/2018 09:02
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (49), 10/13/2018 09:02 (6)
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