CVE-2008-5256

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

Link	Resource
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32851	Vendor Advisory
http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444	Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-11-27 12:30

Updated : 2017-08-08 01:33

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NVD link : CVE-2008-5256

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5256

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