CVE-2007-2837 in fireflier

Summary

The (1) getRule and (2) getChains functions in server/rules.cpp in fireflierd (fireflier-server) in FireFlier 1.1.6 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/fireflier.rules temporary file.

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• Reservation: 05/24/2007
• Disclosure: 07/03/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-37592
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-61 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.1
• EPSS: 0.00071
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2837
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2837
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-2837/