Vigil@nce - oddjob: file corruption
May 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: data creation/edition.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 14/05/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can create a symbolic link, in order to alter the
pointed file, with privileges of oddjob.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/oddjob-file-corruption-32267