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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4946

CVE-2008-4946

Description

convirt 0.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/set_output temporary file, related to the (1) _template_/provision.sh, (2) Linux_CD_Install/provision.sh, (3) Fedora_PV_Install/provision.sh, (4) CentOS_PV_Install/provision.sh, (5) common/provision.sh, (6) example/provision.sh, and (7) Windows_CD_Install/provision.sh scripts in image_store/.

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Affected products

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  • Convirture/Convirt2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:convirture:convirt:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:convirture:convirt:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =0.8.2

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