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CVE-2011-0441 (GCVE-0-2011-0441)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-03-29 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
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Summary
The Debian GNU/Linux /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-03-18 00:00
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