{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-5153", "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": "spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log, (2) /tmp/spell-check-before, or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "32402", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32402" }, { "name": "[debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html" }, { "name": "http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt" }, { "name": "33955", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33955" }, { "name": "DSA-1724", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1724" }, { "name": "moodle-spellchecklogic-symlink(46708)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46708" } ] } }