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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4953
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...
Vulnerability Description
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
Affected Vendor
firehol
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firehol
Vulnerable Versions:
1.256
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 5th, 2008
Last Modified:
September 17th, 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.