Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting ifax/hylafax package, versions [,4.2.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IFAXHYLAFAX-2364996
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Sept 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Sep 2005

CVE-2005-3069  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ifax/hylafax.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution xferfaxstats in HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xferfax$$ temporary file.

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CVSS Base Scores

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