CVE-2005-4536

Published Dec 31, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.
Source: security@debian.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:debian:libmail-audit-perl:2.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "1EF17349-EE9F-4356-99D6-1E668505F3A2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References