CVE-2008-5007 (GCVE-0-2008-5007)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-10 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
Summary
create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh in lazarus 0.9.24 allows local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/lazarus.tgz temporary file or a (2) /tmp/lazarus temporary directory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-08-11 00:00
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