CVE-2008-4935 in aview

Summary

asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.

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• Reservation: 11/05/2008
• Disclosure: 11/05/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-44875 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00027
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4935
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4935
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-4935/