CVE-2013-0159 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in the fedora-business-cards package on Fedora 17 and 18. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by manipulating the /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg file, leading to a denial of service or arbitrary file writes. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, potentially resulting in high impact to integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:H
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