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.
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USN-3555-1 | w3m vulnerabilities |
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USN-3555-2 | w3m vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:53.173Z
Reserved: 2018-01-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6198

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-25T03:29:00.697
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:16.773
Link: CVE-2018-6198


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