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Claws Mail sylprint.pl Insecure Temporary Files
Secunia Advisory: SA27897
Release Date: 2007-12-03
Last Update: 2007-12-17
Popularity: 4,696 views

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

Software:Claws Mail 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Claws Mail, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the sylprint.pl script using temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite or delete arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

The security issue is reported in version 3.1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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