PT-2008-6300 · Smsclient · Smsclient

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2009-02-17 · CVE-2008-5155

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions smsclient version 2.0.8z

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files /tmp/header.##### or /tmp/body.#####, or append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sms.log temporary file.

Recommendations For smsclient version 2.0.8z, consider restricting access to the temporary files /tmp/header.#####, /tmp/body.#####, and /tmp/sms.log to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the mail2sms.sh script in smsclient until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5155

Affected Products

Smsclient

References · 4

• 🔥 http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5155 · Security Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32405 · Note