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CVE-2008-1417

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The prerm script in axyl 2.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the axyl.conf temporary file.

Affected products

• Axyl: 2.1.7

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471227
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41406
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471227
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41406

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