CVE-2008-4406 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp files.

A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-10-03 17:41:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:32:00

Affected Software

Debian Xsabre 0.2.4b

0.2.4b

References

http://bugs.debian.org/433996

[oss-security] 20081001 CVE id request: sabre

48895

31512

xsabre-xrunsabre-symlink(45609)

xsabre-unspecified-symlink(45715)

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