cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.992Z

Reserved: 2007-09-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4998

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-01-31T21:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4998

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-01-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-4998 - Bugzilla

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