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CVE-2018-6198

Publication date 24 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
w3m 17.10 artful
Fixed 0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N