CVE-2016-3992 Information

Description

cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$ (2) cronic.err.$$ or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.2