VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12779

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-06-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references