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CVE-2006-1231 (GCVE-0-2006-1231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-14 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:03
VLAI
Summary
CAPI4HylaFAX 1.3, when compiled with GENERATE_DEBUGSFFDATAFILE set, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the c2faxrecv_dbgdatafile.sff temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2006-03-07 00:00
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