CVE-2008-4998

N/A

Description

postinst in twiki 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/twiki temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "this bug is invalid.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/7/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

twiki:twiki

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494648(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)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235802(cve@mitre.org)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494648(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)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235802(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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