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CVE-2008-1901

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file.

Affected products

• Debian Aptlinex: 0.6-1, 0.7-1, 0.8-1, 0.8-2, 0.9-1

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476588
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41956
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476588
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41956

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