CVE-2008-5376 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in crip 3.7's editcomment function. A local attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing them to overwrite its contents when the application attempts to write to a temporary file in /tmp/*.tag.tmp. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and medium complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:crip:crip:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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