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CVE-2008-5256

CVE-2008-5256

EPSS 0.4%
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
Affected products
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32851https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changeloghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410