cve-2008-4937
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-05 14:51
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
Summary
senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/496361
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-commonExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32856Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33140Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/235824
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44829
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/496361
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-commonExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32856Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33140Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44829
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