CVE-2007-5940

EUVD-2007-5910 · Published Nov 13, 2007

feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.

Technologies

Tug Texlive 2007

Weaknesses

CWE-59

CVSS scores

v2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

ReconImpact

Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Stealth

T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1027.006HTML Smuggling T1027.009Embedded Payloads T1547.009Shortcut Modification T1564.009Resource Forking T1574.005Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness T1574.010Services File Permissions Weakness

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
http://osvdb.org/42397
http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507

Potentially impacted assets

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