xbreaky $HOME/.breakyhighscores symlink attack
| xbreaky-breakyhighscores-symlink (10078) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
xbreaky could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. A local attacker could create a symbolic link from the $HOME/.breakyhighscores file to any file on the system, which would be overwritten with root privileges once xbreaky updates the new high scores to the .breakyhighscores file.
Platforms Affected:
- Dave Brul, xbreaky 0.0.4
- OpenBSD, OpenBSD
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Sep 10 2002 - 13:24:36 CDT, xbreaky 0.0.4 symlink vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/0806.html.
- xbreaky Web site, Breaky Homepage at http://xbreaky.sourceforge.net/. (On the front page for xbreaky, from the changelog dated September 12, 2002: "Marco van Berkum [the discloser] discovered a bug in xbreaky" and includes a short description of the problem.)
- BID-5700: Xbreaky File Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1502: Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's .breakyhighscores file to the target file.
Reported:
Sep 10, 2002
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