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Smb4k Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA16724
Release Date: 2005-09-07
Last Update: 2005-10-31
Popularity: 6,444 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Smb4K 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Smb4K, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the insecure handling of temporary files "/tmp/smb4k.tmp" and "/tmp/sudoers". This can be exploited via symlink attacks to gain full access to the "/etc/super.tab" and "/etc/sudoers" files.

The vulnerability has been reported in all versions of 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 prior to 0.6.3. The vulnerability reportedly has not been adequately addressed in version 0.6.3.

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