CVE-2008-4085

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.4/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 15, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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