CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4983

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-06
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

scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.

Affected configurations

• scilab scilab-bin 4.1.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References