CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-4998

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-01-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-01-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References