CVE-2008-4639 (GCVE-0-2008-4639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-21 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2008-10-15 00:00
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