CVE-2010-0118

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Bournal before 1.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified temporary files associated with a --hack_the_gibson update check.

Affected products

Becauseinter Bournal: through 1.4; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4.5, 0.6 (+7)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036697.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036701.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036764.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38554
http://secunia.com/advisories/38814
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-6/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509685/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38353
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036697.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036701.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036764.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38554

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