Link following in antiword - CVE-2005-3126

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Link following in antiword - CVE-2005-3126

Published: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32986
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3126
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
antiword
Software vendor:
ropensci

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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