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CVE-2008-4935 (GCVE-0-2008-4935)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
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Summary
asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-08-11 00:00
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