CVE-2011-2684
MEDIUMfoo2zjs - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on /tmp/foo2zjs
Title source: llmDescription
foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
32.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (3)
rkkda/foo2zjs
20090908dfsg-5.1\+squeeze0
rkkda/foo2zjs
20110722dfsg-1
rkkda/foo2zjs
20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1
Published
Oct 23, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026