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 debian gnu/linux 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 /var/log/postgresql/.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2011-03-30
Last Modified Date: 2011-04-21