70791 : Smarty File Permissions umask Standard Filesystem Operations Access Restriction Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-11-18

Description

Smarty contains a flaw related to the failure to consider the umask value when setting file permissions. This may allow a local attacker to bypass access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.0 beta 4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

New Digital Group, Inc.

Smarty

3.0.0 beta 3

References

CVE ID: 2009-5054 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://smarty-php.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt

Credit

Not Available

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-02-04 | Disagree?

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