fkie_cve-2009-1215
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-04-01 10:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | gnu_screen | 4.0.3 |
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"lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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