CVE-2008-0525

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products…

published January 31, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00502 · 42.1th percentile
Published
2008-01-31T19:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 JAN 19:30Z
    PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products…
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