Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-4941
medium
Description
arb-common 0.0.20071207.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/arb_fdnaml_*, (b) /tmp/arb_pids_*, (c) /tmp/arbdsmz.html, and (d) /tmp/arbdsmz.htm temporary files, related to the (1) arb_fastdnaml and (2) dszmconnect.pl scripts.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44844
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30895
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2