Unscored severity · published Mar 31, 2008
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
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Policyd-weight · Policyd-weight
through 0.1.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1569
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1569
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29553
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/43888
www.policyd-weight.org
http://www.policyd-weight.org/
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