---
cve: "CVE-2018-6198"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "40%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2018-01-25 03:29:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-09T06:10:48+02:00"
---

# CVE-2018-6198

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

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.

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- 18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 (Commit)

## Referenzen

- <https://bugs.debian.org/888097>
- <https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/>
- <https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/>
- <https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753>
- <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855>
- <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2018-6198) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_