CVE-2008-5151

mayavi 1.5 - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack on Temporary File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

test_parser.py in mayavi 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/err.log temporary file.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 34.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
abottoms/mayavi 1.5
Published Nov 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026