CVE-2008-0525 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the PatchLink Update client for Unix, including Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) versions 6.2094 through 6.4102. This vulnerability allows local users to truncate arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code through symlink attacks on temporary files used by the logtrimmer and rebootTask scripts. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), it requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.2:*:unix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.3:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lumension_security:patchlink_update:6.3:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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