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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-4971

CVE-2008-4971

Description

mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.

Affected products

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Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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