CVE-2007-4998 | BDVDB-2026-28942 Detail

Description#

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2023
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=356471
http://osvdb.org/43228

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-01-31Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.