CVE-2008-3699 in Amarok

Summary

The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.

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• Reservation: 08/14/2008
• Disclosure: 08/14/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-43707 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.1
• EPSS: 0.00034
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3699
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3699
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-3699/