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CVE-2008-4085
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$,…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.31%
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- mitre
Description
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- plait-file-symlink(44786) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31617 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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