# CVE-2003-1279: S-PLUS 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly elevate privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/\_\_F8499 by Sqpe,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

S-PLUS 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly elevate privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/__F8499 by Sqpe, (2) /tmp/PRINT.$$.out by PRINT, (3) /tmp/SUBST$PID.TXT and /tmp/ed.cmds$PID by mustfix.hlinks, (4) /tmp/file.1 and /tmp/file.2 by sas_get, (5) /tmp/file.1 by sas_vars, and (6) /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp1 /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp2 by sglm2html.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005896
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11005.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305342
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7833

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