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CVE-2008-4955 (GCVE-0-2008-4955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:18
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Summary
freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.
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