CVE-2008-3524

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 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: 2008-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.

Affected products

RedHat Fedora: 9
RedHat Initscripts: 8.76.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32037
http://secunia.com/advisories/32710
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458652
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45402
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2857
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01135.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32037
http://secunia.com/advisories/32710
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318

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