CVE-2008-5256 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5256

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before...

Vulnerability Description

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

virtualox
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.3.2, 1.3.4, 1.3.6, 1.3.8, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.5.2, 1.5.4, 1.5.6, 1.6.0, 1.6.2, 1.6.4, 1.6.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 27th, 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.