6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-4998

Published: 31/01/2008 Updated: 15/11/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 614
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted malicious users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.

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