SATAN rex.satan file symlink attack

satan-rexsatan-symlink (7167) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks) could allow attacker to launch a symlink attack, caused by a vulnerability in the bin/rex.satan file. An attacker could create a symbolic link to files in the /tmp directory to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.


Consequences:

File Manipulation

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Wietse Venema and Dan Farmer SATAN 1.1.1

Reported:

Jun 26, 1998

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