CVE-2008-5366

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: none known
Published: 2008-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The postinst script in ppp 2.4.4rel on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/probe-finished or (2) /tmp/ppp-errors temporary file.

Affected products

Marco D'Itri Ppp: 2.4.4

References

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32740
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32740

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