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

CVE-2008-4985

Description

vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.

Affected products

Vdr/Vdr
cpe:2.3:a:cadsoft:vdr:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/vdr-dbgnvdExploit
uvw.ru/report.lenny.txtnvdExploit
bugs.debian.org/496421nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2nvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44880nvd

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