CVE-2008-4955 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-4955

freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

Vulnerability Description

freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

duncan webb

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Affected Software

freevo
Vulnerable Versions:
1.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 5th, 2008
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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