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FKIE_CVE-2008-1569

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-31 22:44 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35

Severity

Summary

policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/29553	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/29738	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
cve@mitre.org	http://www.osvdb.org/43888
cve@mitre.org	http://www.policyd-weight.org/
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480	Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/29553	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/29738	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.osvdb.org/43888
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.policyd-weight.org/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
debian	debian_linux	4.0
policyd-weight	policyd-weight	*

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CVE-2008-1569 (GCVE-0-2008-1569)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-31 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:24

Summary

policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.policyd-weight.org/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/29553	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/43888	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2008-03-28 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2008-1569

CVE-2008-1569 (GCVE-0-2008-1569)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature