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CVE-2008-5370

• 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

pvpgn-support-installer in pvpgn 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pvpgn-support-1.0.tar.gz temporary file.

Affected products

• Pvpgn: 1.8.1

References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html

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