Description

pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.

Related CPE's

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Vulnerable

References

https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin

Third Party Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin

Third Party Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-668

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2021-05-27T13:15:08.140Z

5 years ago

Last modified

2026-06-17T03:51:20.807Z

2 months ago