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ELinks "add_filename_to_string()" Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25169
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Release Date:
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2007-05-08
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Popularity:
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4,744 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | ELinks 0.x
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Description:
Arnaud Giersch has reported a weakness in ELinks, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The weakness is caused due to the "add_filename_to_string()" function in src/intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c reading gettext catalogs from potentially untrusted paths. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges by enticing another user to run ELinks in a specially prepared directory environment.
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