CVE-2008-0525
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
Published:Jan 31, 2008
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Jan 31, 2008
EPSS Score:0.0011
CVSS Score:4.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Lumension Security
Product
Patchlink Update
Lumension Security
Patchlink Update
Vendor
Novell
Product
Zenworks Patch Management Update Agent
Novell
Zenworks Patch Management Update Agent
Vendor
Unix
Product
Unix
Unix
Unix
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
