CVE-2008-4955
freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.2 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2008-11-05
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Affected products
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496373
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freevo
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
