Vulnerability in Erl Wustl Ctn

CVE-2008-5146

add-accession-numbers in ctn 3.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/accession temporary file.

EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Erl_wustl Ctn — versions 3.0.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)