CVE-2003-1279 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks in S-PLUS, potentially elevating privileges.
- 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-2003-1279?
CVE-2003-1279 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
S-PLUS 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly elevate privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/__F8499 by Sqpe, (2) /tmp/PRINT.$$.out by PRINT, (3) /tmp/SUBST$PID.TXT and /tmp/ed.cmds$PID by mustfix.hlinks, (4) /tmp/file.1 and /tmp/file.2 by sas_get, (5) /tmp/file.1 by sas_vars, and (6) /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp1 /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp2 by sglm2html.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1279?
How do I fix CVE-2003-1279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1279 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-2003-1279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9v9-jrmv-m92m.