PT-2008-6158 · Wims · Wims

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wims version 3.62

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically (a) /tmp/env#####, (b) /tmp/sed#####, and (c) /tmp/referer-home.log. This is related to the coqweb and account.sh scripts.

Recommendations For wims version 3.62, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the coqweb and account.sh scripts until a patch is available. Avoid using the temporary files /tmp/env#####, /tmp/sed#####, and /tmp/referer-home.log in the affected scripts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4986

Affected Products

Wims

References · 10

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/wims · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4986 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46510 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32244 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496387 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note