CVE-2008-5034

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: yes
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'

Affected products

A Mennucc1 Printfilters-Ppd: 2.13

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496417
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://bugs.debian.org/496417
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

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