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CVE-2008-4997

N/A

Description

dfxml-invoice in datafreedom-perl 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/zenity temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that the vector is solely "an EXAMPLE used in the manpage.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/7/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pilot-qof:datafreedom-perl

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496429(cve@mitre.org)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/datafreedom-perl(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770(cve@mitre.org)

http://bugs.debian.org/496429(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/datafreedom-perl(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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