CVE-2008-4108

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    CVE-2008-4108

    Published: 18 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

    References: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161

    Affected packages

    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
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