CVE-2008-4983

Description

scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44883

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30968

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-14.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33630

http://bugs.debian.org/496414

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3