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VirtualBox "AcquireDaemonLock()" Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32851
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Release Date:
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2008-11-25
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Last Update:
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2008-12-11
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Popularity:
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2,533 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 Patch
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| Software: | Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.x
VirtualBox 1.5.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in VirtualBox, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the "AcquireDaemonLock()" function using temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.0.6.
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