{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4477", "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": "alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "32183", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32183" }, { "name": "[debian-devel] 20080812 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/msg00312.html" }, { "name": "DSA-1648", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398" }, { "name": "mon-testalert-symlink(45738)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2" }, { "name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770" }, { "name": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon" }, { "name": "MDVSA-2008:214", "refsource": "MANDRIVA", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214" }, { "name": "31597", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597" } ] } }