CVE-2008-1570
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (13th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1571)
- 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-2008-1571 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- policyd-weight / policyd-weight
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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