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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade w3m | Aug 22, 2024 | Jan 25, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade w3m | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 25, 2018 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade w3m-imgUpgrade ja-w3m-imgUpgrade ja-w3mUpgrade w3m | Feb 4, 2018 | Feb 1, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 25, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade w3m | May 20, 2018 | Jan 24, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade w3m | Feb 2, 2018 | Jan 24, 2018 |
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