CVE-2008-4108
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Published: September 18, 2008 at 05:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPython
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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