Description
Lmail 2.7 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Lmail 2.7 - Temporary File Race Condition EDB-20992 · local · Jul 4, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- lmail-tmpfile-symlink(6809) vdb-entry
- 20010705 lmail local root exploit mailing-list
- 2984 vdb-entry