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CVE-2015-0267

kexec-tools: insecure use of /tmp/*$$* filenames

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 10, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

It was found that the module-setup.sh script provided by kexec-tools created temporary files in an insecure way. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File