Astats 1.6.5 symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Astats 1.6.5. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-2605. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Astats 1.6.5. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

aStats 1.6.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the aStats-Graphic-Signature-Generation file and (2) certain PNG image files.

The weakness was presented 12/29/2004 by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at shellcode.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2605 since 11/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 databases at X-Force (18698), SecurityFocus (BID 12128†), OSVDB (12632†) and Secunia (SA13679†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/29/2004 🔍
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12/31/2004 +1 days 🔍
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03/09/2015 +3387 days 🔍
06/30/2018 +1209 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: shellcode.org
Researcher: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2605 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2605
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23483
X-Force: 18698 - aStats symlink attack
SecurityFocus: 12128 - AStats Statistics Generator Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 13679 - aStats Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12632 - aStats Insecure Temp File Arbitrary File Overwrite

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:11
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (52), 06/30/2018 09:11 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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