CVE-2008-4955

Description

freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://bugs.debian.org/496373

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS