Iceweasel-firegpg up to 0.5 Temp File Symlink privilege escalation

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Iceweasel-firegpg up to 0.5. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Temp File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Symlink). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 11/18/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-7273 since 01/14/2011. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.3
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Class: Privilege escalation / Symlink (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Iceweasel-firegpg 0.6

01/14/2011 CVE assigned
11/18/2019 +3230 days Advisory disclosed
11/19/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
11/19/2019 +0 days VulDB last update
CVE: CVE-2008-7273 (🔒)Created: 11/19/2019 06:37 AM
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