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CVE-2016-3992

cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.

Published

2016-07-26T17:59:01.577

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cronic_project	cronic	2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)