PT-2003-1693 · Linuxtag+1 · Knoppix+1

Hugo Vázquez Caramés · Published 2003-07-10 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0524

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Qt in Knoppix version 3.1

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the qt plugins 3.0rc temporary file in the .qt directory.

Recommendations: For Qt in Knoppix version 3.1, consider restricting write access to the .qt directory to prevent arbitrary file overwrites until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0524

Affected Products

Knoppix

Qt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0524 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105769387706906&w=2 · Note