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Website META Language Insecure Temporary Files
Secunia Advisory: SA28856
Release Date: 2008-02-08
Last Update: 2008-02-11
Popularity: 5,929 views

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

Software:Website META Language 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Some security issues have been reported in Website META Language, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issues are caused due to insecure handling of temporary files in wml_backend/p1_ipp/ipp.src, wml_contrib/wmg.cgi, and wml_backend/p3_eperl/eperl_sys.c. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite or delete arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the program.

The security issues are reported in version 2.0.11. Other versions may also be affected.

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