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, 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0535)
- Published
- January 31, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0535 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- lumension security / patchlink update
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- novell / zenworks patch management update agent
- unix / unix
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28657(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28665(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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