Description
The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.
Published: 2008-08-14
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3685 The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-657-1 Amarok vulnerability
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:19.215Z

Reserved: 2008-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3699

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-14T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3699

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3699 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses