Firehol: Security Vulnerabilities
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
CVSS Score
6.9
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2008-11-05
firehol.sh in FireHOL before 1.224 creates temporary files with predictable file names, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVSS Score
2.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-05-02