Unscored CVE-2008-5151 EUVD-2008-5130GHSA-92pw-9wxr-jx34

test_parser.py in mayavi 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/err.log temporary file.

Published Nov 18, 2008 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

test_parser.py in mayavi 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/err.log temporary file.

References

[debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages mailing-list
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt