PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by (1) migrate_all_online.sh, (2) migrate_all_offline.sh, (3) migrate_all_netinfo_online.sh, (4) migrate_all_netinfo_offline.sh, (5) migrate_all_nis_online.sh, (6) migrate_all_nis_offline.sh, (7) migrate_all_nisplus_online.sh, and (8) migrate_all_nisplus_offline.sh.
Published 2006-02-02 11:02:00
Updated 2016-12-08 03:00:22
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2006-0512

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0512

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-0512

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
2.1
LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.9
2.9
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-0512

  • Mandriva 2006-10-04
    Mandriva has patched the migrationtools since August 2005 to use mktemp so is not vulnerable to this issue.

References for CVE-2006-0512

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