OpenOffice senddoc symlink
| openoffice-senddoc-symlink (44829) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
OpenOffice could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. The senddoc script creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from temporary files to various files on the system, which would allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.3 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
References:
- Debian Bug report logs - #496361: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages .
- Dmitry E. Oboukhov Advisory: Package: openoffice.org-common .
- OpenOffice.org Web site: OpenOffice.org: Home.
- BID-30925: OpenOffice 'senddoc' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4937: senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.
- MDVSA-2009:070: openoffice.org
- USN-677-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities
- USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- OpenOffice OpenOffice.org 2.4.1
Reported:
Aug 24, 2008
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