VDB
CVE-2018-6198
CVE-2018-6198
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.39% · 32.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.39%
32.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | w3m | 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1, 0, 0.5.3-11 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | w3m | 0, 0.5.3-24, 0.5.3-25 |
Timeline
- Jan 24, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 31, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 14, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6198 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6198 advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 fix
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097 advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-1 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-2 advisory