CVE-2016-3992 cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
MediumCVSS 6.2
EPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/cronic(Debian:12) | < 3-1 | 3-1 |
| debian/cronic(Debian:13) | < 3-1 | 3-1 |
| debian/cronic(Debian:14) | < 3-1 | 3-1 |
| cronic project cronic | = 2 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 7.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| openSUSE leap | = 42.1 | No fix listed |
| opensuse | = 13.2 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-3992 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1741 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160410 CVE request: cronic - predictable temporary files mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160410 Re: CVE request: cronic - predictable temporary files mailing-list
- bugs.debian.org third-party-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking