CVE-2018-6198

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CVSS 3.0

4.7 medium

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Jan 25, 2018 (Jan 25, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Vendors: tats canonical
Products: w3m, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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