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GSAMBAD "populate_conns()" Insecure Temporary Files
Secunia Advisory: SA25909
Release Date: 2007-07-02
Popularity: 5,945 views

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

Software:GSAMBAD 0.x

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Description:
Steve Kemp has reported a security issue in GSAMBAD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the "populate_conns()" function in src/populate_conns.c creating temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application (usually root).

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