Description
inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
Published: 2008-11-18
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5131 inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
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Peter S Galbraith Mh-book
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.249Z

Reserved: 2008-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5152

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-18T16:00:01.313

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

Link: CVE-2008-5152

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