Name: CVE-2018-6198: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-6198, CWE-59, CVSS 4.7, EPSS 0.00179

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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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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