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cve[email protected]CVE-2018-6198
HistoryJan 25, 2018 - 3:29 a.m.

CVE-2018-6198

2018-01-2503:29:00
CWE-59
[email protected]
web.nvd.nist.gov
168
cve-2018-6198
w3m
vulnerability
local attacker
symlink attack
nvd

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
tatsw3mRange≤0.5.3
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04esm
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch17.10
CPENameOperatorVersion
tats:w3mtats w3mle0.5.3

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CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

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CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

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Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

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Integrity Impact

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Availability Impact

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5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON
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