rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink…

Description

rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 31385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458652 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• initscripts-rcsysinit-symlink(45402) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32710 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2857 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-3524](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-3524.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-3524)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:45 UTC.