cve/2008/CVE-2008-4476.md

### [CVE-2008-4476](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4476)
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### Description

sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file.  NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.