{"id":"CVE-2008-1569","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1569","DSA-1531-2","EUVD-2008-1570","GHSA-j6gm-mm8g-qr76"],"status":"published","title":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files...","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":3.3,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P","level":"low","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0043,"percentile":0.37436,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2008-03-27T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:33Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"policyd-weight","fixed_in":["0.1.14.17-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"policyd-weight","fixed_in":["0.1.14.17-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"policyd-weight","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.14.17-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"policyd-weight","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.14.17-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:4.0","package":"policyd-weight","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.14-beta-6etch2"}]}],"versions":["0.1.14-beta-6","0.1.14-beta-6etch1"],"bundled":2}],"products":[{"vendor":"policyd-weight","product":"policyd-weight"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"http://www.policyd-weight.org/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29738","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29553","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/43888","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","evidence"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1569"},{"url":"http://www.policyd-weight.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6gm-mm8g-qr76"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1569","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2008-1569","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2008-03-31T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T08:24:42.735Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:47.71012Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2008-1570","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2008-03-31T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T08:24:42Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:39:01.162624Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j6gm-mm8g-qr76","title":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files...","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T23:41:25Z","modified":"2025-04-09T03:54:13Z","cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:00:57.05109Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2008-1569","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2008-03-31T22:44:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:59.863Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":3.3,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:25.857543Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2008-1569","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2008-03-31T22:44:00Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:45.73086Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:57.178433Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1569","description":"policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.","status":"published","published":"2008-03-31T22:44:00Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:33.37121087Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:23.742363Z"},{"id":"DSA-1531-2","title":"policyd-weight - insecure temporary files","status":"published","published":"2008-03-27T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:17:59.413738Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:14.734124Z"}]}}