# CVE-2007-5200: hugin, as used on various operating systems including SUSE openSUSE 10.2 and 10.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a sym

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

hugin, as used on various operating systems including SUSE openSUSE 10.2 and 10.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the hugin_debug_optim_results.txt temporary file.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/27623
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-01.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00199.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27952
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27653
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26730
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332401
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
- http://osvdb.org/42224

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