CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4085

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2008-09-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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/.

Affected configurations

• stephenjungels plait (<= 1.5.2) • stephenjungels plait 0.50 • stephenjungels plait 0.51 • stephenjungels plait 0.52 • stephenjungels plait 0.53 • stephenjungels plait 0.54 • stephenjungels plait 0.55 • stephenjungels plait 0.55.1 • stephenjungels plait 0.55.2 • stephenjungels plait 0.99 • stephenjungels plait 1.0 • stephenjungels plait 1.1 • stephenjungels plait 1.1.1 • stephenjungels plait 1.2.1 • stephenjungels plait 1.3 • stephenjungels plait 1.4 • stephenjungels plait 1.4.1 • stephenjungels plait 1.4.2 • stephenjungels plait 1.5 • stephenjungels plait 1.5.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References