CVE-2007-6208 (GCVE-0-2007-6208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-04 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:54
VLAI
Summary
sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/42478 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26676 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454089 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/27897 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2007-12-03 00:00
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