Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Arnaud Giersch · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29954
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_trustix
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/35668
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
Scores
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
47.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-134
Status
published
Products (1)
elinks/elinks
0.11.1
Published
Apr 13, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026