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CVE-2008-5256

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2008-11-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

Affected Platforms

Virtualox Virtualox

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References