CVE-2009-5054: Smarty Does Not Consider Umask Values When Setting Permissions

May 2, 2022 (updated February 8, 2024)

Smarty before 3.0.0 beta 4 does not consider the umask value when setting the permissions of files, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m9f-8vwq-97pm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5054
web.archive.org/web/20101116174040/http://smarty-php.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/distribution/change_log.txt

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