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CVE-2008-5394

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-12-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.

Affected Platforms

Debian Shadow

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References