LOW
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket
Published Mar 31, 2008
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- ≤ 0.1.14
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00430
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00430
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 34.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 34.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29553 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29738 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/43888 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.policyd-weight.org/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29553 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29738 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/43888 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.policyd-weight.org/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 31, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 31, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1569
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a