CVE-2008-4636 (GCVE-0-2008-4636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI?
Summary
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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