CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5143

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-18
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

mgt-helper in multi-gnome-terminal 1.6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/*.debug or (2) /tmp/*.env temporary file.

Affected configurations

• mohammed sameer multi-gnome-terminal 1.6.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References