cve-2008-5153
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-18 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:40
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log, (2) /tmp/spell-check-before, or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file.
References
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