vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-6198: w3m: insecure temporary files creation when ~/.w3m is unwritable
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Jan 25, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 25, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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