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CVE-2008-4085

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
15/09/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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/.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.5.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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