CVE-2007-5200

Published: Oct 14, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

3.3

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

hugin, as used on various operating systems including SUSE openSUSE 10.2 and 10.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the hugin_debug_optim_results.txt temporary file.

Affected (2)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse

Opensuse

1 product

Opensuse

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 10.2
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 10.3

Related CWEs

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

References (22)

http://osvdb.org/42224

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27229

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27623

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27653

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27952

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-01.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26730

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332401

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362851

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00199.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/42224