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CVE-2008-5375

• 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: 2008-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

cmus-status-display in cmus 2.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/cmus-status temporary file.

Affected products

• Cmus: 2.2.0

References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33113
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32741
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33113
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32741

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