Caudium 1.4.12 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Caudium 1.4.12. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes link following. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3883. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Caudium 1.4.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

configvar in Caudium 1.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/roken#####.pike temporary file.

The weakness was released 09/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3883 since 09/02/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 (44768), SecurityFocus (BID 30897†) and Secunia (SA31656†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-44966, VDB-44935, VDB-44934 and VDB-44933. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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

08/28/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2387 days 🔍
10/08/2018 +1301 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3883 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3883
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43861
X-Force: 44768 - Caudium configvar symlink
SecurityFocus: 30897 - Caudium Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 31656

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/08/2018 07:53
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (52), 10/08/2018 07:53 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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