CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.3
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the default configuration of logrotate on suse opensuse factory uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by directories for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2011-03-30
Last Modified Date: 2011-04-07