CVE-2008-5135
N/A
Published: November 18, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOS Prober
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.
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 (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00296.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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