CVE-2008-5135

os-prober 1.17 - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack on Temporary Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00296.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 28.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
debian/os-prober 1.17
Published Nov 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026