FKIE_CVE-2008-5394
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-09 00:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59
Severity
Summary
/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.
References
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:59:53.377",
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