PT-2006-2876 · Avast · Avast! 4 Linux Home Edition

Julien L · Published 2006-04-20 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-1892

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions avast! 4 Linux Home Edition version 1.0.5

Description The issue allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ avast4 temporary directory.

Recommendations For avast! 4 Linux Home Edition version 1.0.5, consider restricting access to the /tmp/ avast4 directory to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1892

Affected Products

Avast! 4 Linux Home Edition

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/17535 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1892 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19683 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/431019/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/764 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/712 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1387 · Note