Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-6198
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 36.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.7
CVSS v2 Score 3.3
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
Products affected by CVE-2018-6198
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1-1
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1-3
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1-4
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1-5
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.1-5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-1
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-10
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-2
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-3
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-4
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-5
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-6
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-7
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-8
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.2-9
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cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10