/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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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
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-12-09T00:30:00.517
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:54:00.400
Link: CVE-2008-5394
Redhat
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