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MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files.

Admin Console in Secure Computing Corporation Sidewinder G2 6.1.0.01 exports private keys when exporting firewall certificates, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information.

NetWin (1) SurgeMail before 2.0c and (2) WebMail allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via HTTP requests that (a) specify the / URI, (b) specify the /scripts/ URI, or (c) specify a non-existent file, which reveal the path in an error message.

Race condition in the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions in Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via large offsets in sysfs files.

F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.41 and 5.42 on Windows, Client Security 5.50 and 5.52, 4.60 for Samba Servers, and 4.52 and earlier for Linux does not properly detect certain viruses in a PKZip archive, which allows viruses such as Sober.D and Sober.G to bypass initial detection.

Xconfig in Hummingbird Exceed before 9.0.0.1, when the Screen Definition is password-protected, allows local users to access certain options by switching to another tab, then switching back to the original tab.

Zero G Software InstallAnywhere 5.0.6, 5.0.7, and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) persistent_state or (2) env.properties.X temporary files.

Heap-based buffer overflow in isakmpd on OpenBSD 3.4 through 3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and corrupt memory via IPSEC credentials on a socket.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar to facilitate phishing attacks via Javascript that uses an invalid URI, modifies the Location field, then uses history.back to navigate to the previous domain, aka NullyFake.

Application Access Server (A-A-S) 1.0.37 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long file request.

Multiple scripts on SuSE Linux 9.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fvwm-bug created by fvwm-bug, (2) /tmp/wmmenu created by wm-oldmenu2new, (3) /tmp/rates created by x11perfcomp, (4) /tmp/xf86debug.1.log created by xf86debug, (5) /tmp/.winpopup-new created by winpopup-send.sh, or (6) /tmp/initrd created by lvmcreate_initrd.

ActivePerl 5.8.x and others, and Larry Wall's Perl 5.6.1 and others, when running on Windows systems, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the system command, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: it is unclear whether this bug is in Perl or the OS API that is used by Perl.

Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.

msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref href> link, which triggers a parsing error, possibly due to missing portions of the URI.

Claim Anti-Virus (ClamAV) 0.68 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain RAR archives, such as those generated by the Beagle/Bagle worm.

The Web Filtering functionality in Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) 4.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending hex-encoded URLs containing "%13%12%13".

The Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager 2.0, when a central credential store is not configured, does not encrypt passwords entered immediately after executing the First Time User Wizards, which allows local users to gain sensitive information.

YaST Online Update (YOU) in SuSE 8.2 and 9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on you-$USER/cookies.