CVE-2008-5256

Upstream information

CVE-2008-5256 at MITRE

Description

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 448240 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2009:004, published Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:38:04 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:29:16 2023