VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1569
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- policyd-weight/policyd-weight
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29553Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- http://www.policyd-weight.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29553Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- http://www.policyd-weight.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.