38573 : NVIDIA NVClock /tmp/nvclock Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-07-03

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-3531" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-3531 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 25052
Secunia Advisory ID: 26200 26200 26208
ISS X-Force ID: 35584
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184071
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml

Tools & Filters

	25790

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-07-25 | Disagree?

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