gsd-2018-6198
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2018-6198


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