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The save function in br/prefmanager.d in projectl 1.001...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The save function in br/prefmanager.d in projectl 1.001 creates a projectL.prf file in the current working directory, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 18, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-3216

GHSA ID

GHSA-8qwf-cxw2-23h9

Source code

No known source code

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