CVE-2008-1569

N/A Unknown

Published: March 31, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29553

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29738

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/43888

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.policyd-weight.org/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29553