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>> LM Sensors "pwmconfig" Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
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Title : LM Sensors "pwmconfig" Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1492
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2672
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-22
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A vulnerability was identified in LM Sensors, which may be exploited by malicious users to conduct symlink attacks and potentially overwrite arbitrary files. The problem is due to an error in the "pwmconfig" script that creates the temporary file "/tmp/fancontrol" insecurely, which may be exploited by local attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable script.
Affected Products
LM Sensors version 2.9.1 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1492
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena
ChangeLog
2005-08-22 : Initial release
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