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CVE-2008-4953

NVDCIRCLENISA

EUVD-2008-4932 · Published Nov 5, 2008

firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.

Technologies

Firehol Firehol

Weaknesses

CWE-59

CVSS scores

  • v2.06.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Stealth

References

Potentially impacted assets

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