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wyrd Insecure Temporary File
Secunia Advisory: SA29009
Release Date: 2008-02-18
Last Update: 2008-02-26
Popularity: 4,237 views

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

Software:wyrd 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in wyrd, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to wyrd creating a temporary file in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with permissions of another user.

Successful exploitation requires that the user invokes the help function by pressing "?" within the user interface.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.4.3b. Other versions may also be affected.

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