Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in eXtplorer - CVE-2012-3454
Published: August 7, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43763
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3454
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: eXtplorer
Affected software:
eXtplorer
eXtplorer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
eXtplorer 2.1.0b6 uses world writable permissions for the /var/lib/extplorer/ftp_tmp directory, which allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3454
Install update from vendor's website.