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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-85092",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
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        "dateReserved": "2026-09-02T23:53:09.796Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-03T01:04:45.189Z",
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            "datePublic": "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "title": "LiME through 1.12.0 Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Following",
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                    "value": "LiME through 1.12.0 fails to validate the disk acquisition output path and does not use O_NOFOLLOW when opening the operator-supplied path parameter, allowing unprivileged local users to overwrite arbitrary root-owned files. An attacker who controls the output directory can create a symbolic link with the expected filename pointing to any root-owned file, and when the acquisition runs in kernel context, LiME follows the link and truncates the target file with the memory acquisition stream."
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                            "description": "Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')",
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                            "versionType": "semver"
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                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
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                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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                    "url": "https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/5355949144749b431da41490b63598f5",
                    "name": "Technical report and proof of concept",
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                    "url": "https://github.com/jtsylve/LiME/blob/v1.12.0/src/disk.c#L63",
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