Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35068

Link following in tesseract and Debian Linux - CVE-2011-1136

Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35068

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1136

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: tesseract-ocr
Debian

Affected software:
tesseract
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to manipulate data.

In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file.

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