Threats Tagged 'cve-2026-73585'

A vulnerability in sblim-cmpi-base provider registration scripts allows a local unprivileged user to perform a symlink attack by creating a symlink in a world-writable directory. This can cause privileged script execution to overwrite root-owned files, potentially disrupting system services. Exploitation requires the script to run with elevated privileges and systems without sticky-directory symlink protections. The issue is rated medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.3. Mitigation involves enabling sticky-directory symlink protections and avoiding running the scripts in shared multi-user environments where untrusted users can create symlinks in temporary directories.

A flaw was found in sblim-cmpi-base. Insecure temporary file creation in the provider registration scripts allows a local unprivileged user to perform a symlink attack. By creating a symlink in a world-writable directory, an attacker can redirect privileged writes to an arbitrary file during script execution in a privileged context. This can lead to the overwrite of root-owned files, potentially disrupting system services or operation. Exploitation is conditional on the script running with elevated privileges and may be mitigated by sticky-directory symlink protections.