The SPICE (aka spice-xpi) plug-in 2.2 for Firefox allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified log file.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
Link | Tags |
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0651.html | vendor advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620356 | |
http://secunia.com/advisories/41120 | third party advisory |
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2181 | vdb entry |
http://osvdb.org/67620 | vdb entry |