Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4935
CVE-2008-4935
Description
asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.
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References
9- dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aviewnvdExploit
- bugs.debian.org/496422nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33139nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-14.xmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30885nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/235808nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44837nvd
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