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CVE-2008-4085

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2008-09-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

Affected Platforms

Stephenjungels Plait

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References