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Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
CVE Informations
Related Weaknesses
| Weakness Name | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Use of Externally-Controlled Format String The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. |
Metrics
| Metrics | Score | Severity | CVSS Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | [email protected] |
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Exploit information
Exploit Database EDB-ID : 29954
Publication date : 2007-05-06
22h00 +00:00
Author : Arnaud Giersch
EDB Verified : Yes
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844/info
ELinks is prone to an arbitrary code-execution vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application.
This issue requires an attacker to trick an unsuspecting victim into running the vulnerable application in an attacker-controlled directory.
This issue affects ELinks 0.11.1; other versions may also be vulnerable.
$ mkdir -p /tmp/elinks/{run,po}
$ cp /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/elinks.mo /tmp/elinks/po/fr.gmo
$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/elinks/po/fr.gmo bs=1024 seek=1 count=200
$ cd /tmp/elinks/run
Products Mentioned
Configuraton 0
Elinks>>Elinks >> Version 0.11.1
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
Tags : vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
Tags : vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
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