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OpenVAS Scanner Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with OpenVAS Scanner and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to the application passing a predictable temporary filename to the '-r' parameter of the ovaldi application, which can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks. NOTE: This vulnerability exists when ovaldi support enabled.
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenVAS Project OpenVAS Scanner 3.2.4
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to OpenVAS Scanner 4 or later.