CVE-2008-5394

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.083

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234