CVE-2003-0846 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2003-0846?

CVE-2003-0846 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 9 Oct 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SuSEconfig.javarunt in the javarunt package on SuSE Linux 7.3Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .java_wrapper temporary file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0846?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Suse Suse Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0846?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2003-0846 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pg64-5639-2h38.

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