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    CVE-2008-4085

    plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

    Published:Sep 15, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 15, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00037
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Stephenjungels
    Product
    Plait

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
    http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
    http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786

    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