VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1570
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- policyd-weight/policyd-weight
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.