openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3315 openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:29:56.795Z

Reserved: 2011-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3351

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-25T22:15:11.013

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:30:19.103

Link: CVE-2011-3351

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