CVE-2008-4108 | BDVDB-2026-32444 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.