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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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3555-1 w3m vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3555-2 w3m vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:53.173Z

Reserved: 2018-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

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

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6198 - Bugzilla

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