CVE-2008-5153
First published: Tue Nov 18 2008(Updated: )
`spell-check-logic.cgi` in Moodle 1.9 before 1.9.4, 1.8 before 1.8.8, 1.7 before 1.7.7 and 1.6 before 1.6.9 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) `/tmp/spell-check-debug.log`, (2) `/tmp/spell-check-before`, or (3) `/tmp/spell-check-after` temporary file.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle Moodle | =1.8.2 | |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=1.6.0<1.6.9 | 1.6.9 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=1.7.0<1.7.7 | 1.7.7 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=1.8.0<1.8.8 | 1.8.8 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=1.9.0<1.9.4 | 1.9.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32402
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33955
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46708
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5153
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090821033319/http://secunia.com/advisories/33955
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110511083352/http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141121115305/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32402
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7r4-26m9-hmgq (Advisory)
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/type
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- source/GitHub
- alias/GHSA-x7r4-26m9-hmgq
- alias/CVE-2008-5153
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/author
- collector/github-advisory
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- vendor/moodle
- canonical/moodle moodle
- version/moodle moodle/1.8.2
- package-manager/composer