Vulnerability in Uoregon Tau
CVE-2008-5157
tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/makefile.tau.*.##### or (2) /tmp/makefile.tau*.##### temporary file, related to the (a) tau_cxx, (b) tau_f90, and (c) tau_cc scripts.
EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Uoregon Tau — versions 2.16.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)