CVE-2012-5303
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9
Description
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a PID file, as demonstrated by a pathname different from the default /var/run/monkey.pid pathname.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| monkey-project | monkey | 0.9.3 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.