CVE-2016-5026 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in OnionShare versions prior to 0.9.1. An attacker can manipulate the hiddenservice by pre-creating the /tmp/onionshare directory, potentially leading to unauthorized modifications. With a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:onionshare:onionshare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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