The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-27T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.440Z

Reserved: 2008-11-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5256

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-27T00:30:00.297

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:33:12.827

Link: CVE-2008-5256

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