CVE-2008-3216 (GCVE-0-2008-3216)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
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Summary
The save function in br/prefmanager.d in projectl 1.001 creates a projectL.prf file in the current working directory, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-07-09 00:00
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