CVE-2008-4108

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: 2008-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

Affected products

Python Software Foundation Python: 2.4.5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2

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