CVE-2008-5394

/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.

Score
CVSS 2.0 7.2 High
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2008-12-09
Last modified
2024-08-07
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Affected products

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