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CVE-2008-3699

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Description

The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44399

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2338

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-657-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30662

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172

http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.455790

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32357

http://secunia.com/advisories/31839

http://secunia.com/advisories/31663

http://secunia.com/advisories/31418

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765

http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/1/4/10

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-14

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00034

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