CVE-2008-1569
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-31 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 033e7647e1be15da5c41612eeaff885cb6a0a97c1c7c650b4b73c9971a5fd45a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com28480http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480
- www.policyd-weight.orghttp://www.policyd-weight.org/
- secunia.com29738http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- secunia.com29553http://secunia.com/advisories/29553
- www.osvdb.org43888http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compolicydweight-sockets-symlink(41565)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
- www.debian.orgDSA-1531http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- policyd-weight Fixed in 0.1.14.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- policyd-weight Fixed in 0.1.14.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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