{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2008-4108", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "[oss-security] 20080915 CVE Request (python)", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2" }, { "name" : "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE Request (python)", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2" }, { "name" : "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899" }, { "name" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326" }, { "name" : "31184", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184" }, { "name" : "ADV-2008-2659", "refsource" : "VUPEN", "url" : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659" }, { "name" : "1020904", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904" }, { "name" : "4274", "refsource" : "SREASON", "url" : "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274" }, { "name" : "python-movefaqwiz-symlink(45161)", "refsource" : "XF", "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161" } ] } }