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CVE-2017-18196 (GCVE-0-2017-18196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:33
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Summary
Leptonica 1.74.4 constructs unintended pathnames (containing duplicated path components) when operating on files in /tmp subdirectories, which might allow local users to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging access to a directory located deeper within the /tmp directory tree, as demonstrated by /tmp/ANY/PATH/ANY/PATH/input.tif.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-02-23 00:00
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