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CVE-2008-5141

• 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: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar.##### temporary file.

Affected products

• Dann Frazier Flamethrower: 0.1.8

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32891
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32961
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32386
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46717
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32891
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32961
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676

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