CVE-2008-5256
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 27, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 26, 2008
Description
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 247326vendor-advisory
- http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- 32851third-party-advisory
- http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810
- ADV-2008-3410vdb-entry
- 1021384vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2009:004vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149
- sun-virtualbox-ipcdunix-symlink(46826)vdb-entry
- 32444vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2009:011vendor-advisory
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