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CVE-2008-4108

CVE-2008-4108

EPSS 0.4%
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
Affected products
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659