CVE-2018-6198
MEDIUM4.7EPSS 0.08%Published: 1/25/2018Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-6198DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6198
Description
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/w3mfrom 0, < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0
- Debian/w3mfrom 0, < 0.5.3-36
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |