CVE-2008-5394

Description

/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml

http://osvdb.org/52200

http://bugs.debian.org/505271

http://bugs.debian.org/505071

http://bugs.debian.org/332198

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3