SB2005123101 - Privilege escalation in Antiword
Published: December 31, 2005 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2005123101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3126)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.