Description
welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.
References
- 50854 third-party-advisory
- xdiagnose-welcome-symlink(79475) vdb-entry
- 85882 vdb-entry
- USN-1591-1 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211