GHSA-x7r4-26m9-hmgq

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    GHSA-x7r4-26m9-hmgq

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Feb 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2008-5153

    Summary: Moodle vulnerable to symlink attack

    Details: `spell-check-logic.cgi` in Moodle 1.9 before 1.9.4, 1.8 before 1.8.8, 1.7 before 1.7.7 and 1.6 before 1.6.9 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) `/tmp/spell-check-debug.log`, (2) `/tmp/spell-check-before`, or (3) `/tmp/spell-check-after` temporary file.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5153, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46708, https://github.com/moodle/moodle, https://web.archive.org/web/20090821033319/http://secunia.com/advisories/33955, https://web.archive.org/web/20110511083352/http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt, https://web.archive.org/web/20141121115305/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32402, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1724

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moodle/moodle

    Purl: pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.9.0
    Fixed -1.9.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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