CVE-2008-3524
Published Sep 29, 2008
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.7
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Configurations
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