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CVE-2008-0525

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
31/01/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:unix:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.3:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.3:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.3:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.4:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.4:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.4:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent:6.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent:6.2:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent:6.2:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent:6.3:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent:6.3:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*

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