CVE-2008-5141 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in flamethrower version 0.1.8. This flaw allows a local attacker to exploit a symlink race condition involving a temporary file in the /tmp directory, potentially overwriting critical system files. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dann_frazier:flamethrower:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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