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CVE-2018-6198
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3555-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3555-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 102855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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