CVE-2008-3524 (GCVE-0-2008-3524)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-29 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
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