CVE-2005-4536

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960

http://secunia.com/advisories/18656

http://secunia.com/advisories/18652

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium