cve/2008/CVE-2008-0525.md

### [CVE-2008-0525](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0525)
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### Description

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/lucassbeiler/linux_hardening_arsenal