PT-2008-6281 · Tkusr · Tkusr

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2009-02-17 · CVE-2008-5136

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tkusr version 0.82

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/tkusr.pgm temporary file.

Recommendations For tkusr version 0.82, consider restricting access to the temporary file /tmp/tkusr.pgm to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5136

Affected Products

Tkusr

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5136 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32406 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note