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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-1570
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16...
Vulnerability Description
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
Affected Vendor
policyd-weight
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policyd-weight
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1.14_beta-14
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 31st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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