CVE-2013-0261

Packstack: packstack: arbitrary file overwrite via symlink attack

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-59

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

08 Mar 2013Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

A flaw was found in PackStack. A local user could exploit a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in the `/tmp` directory. This vulnerability allows the local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to system compromise or data corruption.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4

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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0595.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0261 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908101