Published: 18/09/2008 Updated: 08/08/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 641

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Vulnerable Product	Search on Vulmon	Subscribe to Product
python software foundation python 2.4.5

Debian Bug report logs - #498899 Unsecure use of temporary files Package: python24-examples; Maintainer for python24-examples is (unknown); Reported by: Jan Hauke Rahm <jhr@debianorg> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:12:01 UTC Severity: normal Tags: patch, pending, security Done: Matthias Klose <doko@debianorg> Bug i ...

CWE-59 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899 https://nvd.nist.gov

Get Started

Vulmon Search is a vulnerability search engine. It gives comprehensive vulnerability information through a very simple user interface.

Home Recent Vulnerabilities Research Posts Trends Blog About Contact

Vulmon Search Vulmon Research Vulmon Alerts Vulmap

Twitter Reddit Linkedin Facebook

CVE-2008-4108

Vulnerability Summary

Vendor Advisories

References

Vulmon Search

About

Products

Connect