# CVE-2007-2027: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add\_filename\_to\_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-04-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/25550
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25198
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
- http://osvdb.org/35668
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25169
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29954

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