CVE-2008-4993 (GCVE-0-2008-4993)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI?
Summary
qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public ?
2008-08-11 00:00
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