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Bournal Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Bournal and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists while using temporary files in an insecure manner, which may allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks when running the update check via the '--hack_the_gibson' parameter.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Bournal version prior to 1.4.1
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Bournal 1.4.1