CVE-2008-4108
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4108
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4108.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4108
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-09-18T17:59:33Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
- References
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161