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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4978

CVE-2008-4978

Description

radiance 3R9+20080530 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/opt.fmt, (b) /tmp/out#####.fmt, (c) /tmp/tf#####.dat, (d) /tmp/gsf#####, (e) /tmp/sc#####.sh, (f) /tmp/il#####.pic, (g) /tmp/tl#####.pic, (h) /tmp/ds#####.pic, (i) /tmp/tfa#####, and (j) /tmp/sed##### temporary files, related to the (1) optics2rad, (2) pdelta, (3) dayfact, and (4) raddepend scripts.

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Affected products

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  • Radiance/Radiance2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:radiance:radiance:3:r9:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:radiance:radiance:3:r9:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: +20080530

Patches

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