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GCVE-110-CERTCC-2001-105347

GCVE-110-CERTCC-2001-105347
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published August 23, 2001
xmcd is an x11/motif CD playing utility, in the public domain. cda, the command line interface to xmcd, executes with system administrator privileges. It is vulnerable to a symbolic link attack that may allow a local user to obtain administrator privileges.
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Risk Scores

certcc-cam
certcc-cam
impact19population10exploitation10widely_known15score_current9.975ease_of_exploitation10

Aliases

CVE-2001-1119

Transitive aliases

EUVD-2001-1100GSD-2001-1119GHSA-xxp5-838q-65wj

References

XMCD vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file
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XMCD vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file
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XMCD vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file
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XMCD vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file
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