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wyrd Insecure Temporary File
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29009
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Release Date:
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2008-02-18
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Last Update:
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2008-02-26
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Popularity:
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3,309 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | wyrd 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0806
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in wyrd, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to wyrd creating a temporary file in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with permissions of another user.
Successful exploitation requires that the user invokes the help function by pressing "?" within the user interface.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.4.3b. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.4.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Debian bug.
Changelog:
2008-02-22: Updated "Solution" section.
2008-02-26: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382
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