Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6198
CVE-2018-6198
Description
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.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4
< 0.5.3+git20180125-1.14+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20180125-1.14
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugs.debian.org/888097nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.htmlnvd
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