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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-6198
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
w3m, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 25th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.