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CVE-2018-6198
CVE-2018-6198
PUBLISHED
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 0.08% · 24.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.08%
24.2th 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 22, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6198 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097 third-party-advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3555-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6198 third-party-advisory