CVE-2008-1569
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1570)
- Published
- March 31, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1570 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- policyd-weight / policyd-weight
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29553(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888
- http://www.policyd-weight.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480(Patch)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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