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CVE-2008-4108

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

Affected Platforms

Python Software Foundation Python

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References