CVE-2008-4937 (GCVE-0-2008-4937)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI?
Summary
senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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