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CVE-2006-4233

Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.

Published

2006-08-18T20:04:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	globus	globus_toolkit	3.2.0	Yes
Application	globus	globus_toolkit	4.0.0	Yes
Application	globus	globus_toolkit	4.1.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21516 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21516 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)