CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4639

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2008-10-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-21
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

jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected configurations

• sentex jhead (<= 2.84) • sentex jhead 1.2 • sentex jhead 1.3 • sentex jhead 1.4 • sentex jhead 1.5 • sentex jhead 1.6 • sentex jhead 1.7 • sentex jhead 1.8 • sentex jhead 1.9 • sentex jhead 2.0 • sentex jhead 2.1 • sentex jhead 2.2 • sentex jhead 2.3 • sentex jhead 2.4 • sentex jhead 2.4-1 • sentex jhead 2.4-2 • sentex jhead 2.5 • sentex jhead 2.6 • sentex jhead 2.7 • sentex jhead 2.8 • sentex jhead 2.82

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References