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Status published
Low
CVE-2008-1569
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify...
Vulnerability Description
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480
- http://www.policyd-weight.org/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29553
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
Affected Vendor
policyd-weight
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policyd-weight
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 31st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.