Vulnerability CVE-2008-1570


Published: 2008-03-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Policyd-weight -> Policyd-weight 

 References:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41570
http://www.osvdb.org/43888
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738

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