Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2005-4536 (CCN-24380)

Assigned:2005-12-31
Published:2005-12-31
Updated:2017-07-20
Summary:Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
2.6 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
2.3 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:File Manipulation
References:Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2005-4536

Source: CCN
Type: CPAN Web site
Simon Cozens / Mail-Audit - search.cpan.org

Source: CCN
Type: SA18652
Mail::Audit Insecure Log File Creation Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
18652

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
18656

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Vendor Advisory
DSA-960

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-960
libmail-audit-perl -- insecure temporary file creation

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 22814
Mail::Audit Log File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
16434

Source: CCN
Type: BID-16434
Mail-Audit Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2006-0378

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
perl-mail-audit-symlink(24380)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
perl-mail-audit-symlink(24380)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:debian:libmail-audit-perl:2.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.debian:def:960
    V
    insecure temporary file creation
    2013-01-21
    BACK
    debian libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5