CVE-2008-4944

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

writtercontrol in cdcontrol 1.90 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/v-recorder*-out temporary files.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Nov 5, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4944: Medium severity, CVSS 6.9 | Vulnix