Symlink Attack Vulnerability in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and Earlier

Symlink Attack Vulnerability in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and Earlier

CVE-2000-0890 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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