Vulnerability in Firehol

CVE-2008-4953

firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Firehol — versions 1.256
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References