CVE-2008-5151 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in Mayavi 1.5, specifically within the test_parser.py script. An attacker could exploit this by creating a symbolic link to a sensitive file, causing the application to overwrite it when attempting to write to the /tmp/err.log temporary file. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this medium-complexity attack could lead to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of targeted files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:abottoms:mayavi:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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