Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1569
CVE-2008-1569
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:policyd-weight:policyd-weight:*:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:policyd-weight:policyd-weight:*:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.1.14
- (no CPE)range: <=0.1.14 beta-16
Patches
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References
9- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480nvdPatch
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/29553nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29738nvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531nvd
- www.osvdb.org/43888nvd
- www.policyd-weight.orgnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565nvd
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