Description
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
Published: 2008-09-15
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4070 plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
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Stephenjungels Plait
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.506Z

Reserved: 2008-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4085

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-09-15T17:12:51.103

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

Link: CVE-2008-4085

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