CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3216
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
The save function in br/prefmanager.d in projectl 1.001 creates a projectL.prf file in the current working directory, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected configurations
• debian projectl 1.001
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/489988 bugs.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/8 www.openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44059 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/489988 bugs.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/8 www.openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44059 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com