CVE-2008-5157

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/makefile.tau.*.##### or (2) /tmp/makefile.tau*.##### temporary file, related to the (a) tau_cxx, (b) tau_f90, and (c) tau_cc scripts.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 18, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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