{"id":"CVE-2018-6198","details":"w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.","modified":"2026-05-17T11:54:22.269594635Z","published":"2018-01-25T03:29:00.697Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11504-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"12.04"},{"last_affected":"14.04"},{"last_affected":"16.04"},{"last_affected":"17.10"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"canonical:ubuntu_linux","cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/888097"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}