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CVE-2008-1569

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
31/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.

Impact

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

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:s390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:policyd-weight:policyd-weight:*:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.1.14 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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