CVE-2018-6198
N/A
Published: January 25, 2018 at 03:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxW3M
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/888097x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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