Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0847 - Local Security vulnerability in Suse Linux 8.2

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
suse
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2003-11-17
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Suse
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionSuSE Linux Professional 8.2 SuSEWM Configuration File Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability. CVE-2003-0847. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:23223
last seen2016-02-02
modified2003-10-06
published2003-10-06
reporterNash Leon
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/23223/
titleSuSE Linux Professional 8.2 SuSEWM Configuration File Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

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