Wine registry file information disclosure
| wine-registry-information-disclosure (19697) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wine creates insecure temporary registry files in the /tmp directory with world-readable permissions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the registry file to obtain sensitive information, such as the user's passwords.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of December 18, 2010.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Mar 14 2005 - 07:57:01 CST: Insecure tmp file creation in Wine.
- Wine Web site: Wine HQ.
- BID-12791: Wine Local Insecure File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-0787: Wine 20050211 and earlier creates temp files with world readable permissions and predictable file names, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, such as passwords.
- SECTRACK ID: 1013428: Wine Unsafe Temporary Files Disclose Registry Contents to Local Users
Platforms Affected:
- Wine Wine 20050211 and prior
Reported:
Mar 14, 2005
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