Link following in Monkey - CVE-2012-5303

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Link following in Monkey - CVE-2012-5303

Published: October 6, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43430
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5303
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Monkey Software
Affected software:
Monkey

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a PID file, as demonstrated by a pathname different from the default /var/run/monkey.pid pathname.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-5303

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources