Debian guilt 0.27 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Debian guilt 0.27. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in link following. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-5207. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Debian guilt 0.27. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

guilt 0.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a guilt.log.[PID] temporary file.

The weakness was released 10/04/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5207 since 10/04/2007. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 (36970), SecurityFocus (BID 25941†), OSVDB (41534†) and Secunia (SA27076†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39066
X-Force: 36970 - guilt shell variable symlink
SecurityFocus: 25941 - Guilt Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27076 - guilt Insecure Temporary Files, Less Critical
OSVDB: 41534 - guilt guilt.log.[PID] Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 09/09/2018 11:41
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (54), 09/09/2018 11:41 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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