/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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-09T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.898Z

Reserved: 2008-12-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5394

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-09T00:30:00.517

Modified: 2018-10-11T20:55:13.640

Link: CVE-2008-5394

cve-icon Redhat

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