cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.
References
Configurations
History
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References | () http://osvdb.org/43228 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=356471 - | |
References | () https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2023 - |
Information
Published : 2008-01-31 21:00
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:36
NVD link : CVE-2007-4998
Mitre link : CVE-2007-4998
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-4998
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')