CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6198

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

3.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

4.7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 Third Party Advisory Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/888097 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-01-25 03:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-6198

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6198

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59